Footloose....not so fancy free

 

“Do you think I’ve sorted this splinter?”

 Come here and have a look “

“Put Savlon on and keep it clean

Otherwise it’ll be a pig’s foot”

 

A walk on the beach sometime later

Proved to be the foots undoing

It prickled at first then started to throb

Telling of an infection brewing

 

Too late was the cry, it’s full of microbes

Despite anti-everything cream

“We could try poking it with a big knife?”

While we’re ....... in the middle of the sea

 

The wind was blowing a hoolie

The seas were umpteen feet high

Tried to keep the poorly foot up

Couldn’t put it down if he tried

 

The lads shared the work of the sailing

Took turns to be the head nurse

Curious did her best to keep stable

 But the foot just went bad to worse

 

“Do you think we should put out a pan pan”

The question was more than a notion

“It’s ok... I’ll sort it..... when I get home”

On the other side of the ocean??

 

Bill was there when they landed

He realised how serious it was

“You’ll have to get this sorted”

So he and Michael carted him off

 

Settled him in Opua General

And stayed to make sure he was fine

Bill asked questions and checked up

Steve was glad he had Bill by his side

 

Bill, Jo & Gram all visited

Michael & Gloria too

Todd and Terje took him some grapes

He’d told them that’s what visitors do

 

The hospital food was tasteless

So the guys took him in a Chinese

The nurse suspiciously followed the smell

And thought it was an un-showered Steve

 

In the ambulance he was travelling backwards

This always makes him feel ill

So he rode as ‘Shot Gun Steve’

With his good friend ‘Rear Gunner Bill’

 

He’d never stayed in hospital before

Casualty was his usual stop

This time was a lot more serious

He ended up having an op

 

It was a time of quite a few firsts

Finding out what ‘in hospital’s’ about

They needed to give him anaesthetic

He was put out at being put out

 

Now he’s getting all better

Returned to his natural role

Captain of his little Captaindom

Glad to be back in control

 

We’d like to say a huge thank you

We’re so grateful to have such great friends

We don’t know what we’d have done without them

It’s down to them this tale has a good end

 

Trish

November 2010