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To the hospital in Stockholm. Part 1

2016-04-05
This story is not about a vacation trip. I had to make this trip because I was sick in spinel stenosis. I had to do a surgery.

Most pictures are about the trip and only a few pictures are showing me in the hospital. I did NOT take pictures of doctors or nurses or other people. You may  not do this and it should be very impolite to do this.

Me in front of Löwenströmska sjukhuset, Upplands Väsby, Stockholm
I had to take a plane to Stockholm. I got wheelchair transport on the airport in Umeå and also in Stockholm. Here I was writing in my diary about the trip.
This plane that should take me to Stockholm
Even though it was hard to go to the hospital, I had a nice trip. The staff on the airport were so kind and helpful. Here they were running me in the wheelchair to the plane.
Ove on his way to the plane.
I could get up the stairs myself. Because I could hold me on the banisters.
Soon in the plane.
Me in the plane.
At the Umeå airport. Taken from the window in the plane.
There was fog. But fortunately the plane could go in time.
The plane was lifting.
We could not see anything of Umeå. We were flying inside the clouds. Finally we were above the clouds and here the sun was shining.
There was also fog in Stockholm. We did not see land before we were near the airport.
Here the plane was flying low.
The road at the left
We arrived in Stockholm
The plane was running on the runway.
The airport, Arlanda.
The gateway.
When we got our luggage. The man who run me in the wheelchair said we could keep the wheelchair a while, and leave it by the bus stop when we should leave the airport. Then they should pick it up.
We had hot sandwiches with ham and cheese to lunch at Arlanda.
I saw barrels with flowers in front of the airport.
I found the spring! :-)
Ove was looking where our bus should stop.
Cross the street of the airport.
We took the bus to Märsta. Here Ove found out that they had taken away the bus service to Löwenströmska hospital.
I saw tussilago in Märsta. Another sign of spring :-)
We walked to the railroad station in Märsta. This was very near the bus station. Ove was holding on my arm so I could make it to walk without a walker.
I felt happy there was no bus. Now I could be in the train instead :-) Ove was rolling my suitcase and wearing his own bag on his shoulder.
It was so much fun to be on the train.
We should not go off here.
We went off the train in Upplands Väsby.
The station in Upplands Väsby
The station in Upplands Väsby.
We saw this restaurant from the bus stop in Upplands Väsby.
We had to take the bus from Upplands Väsby to Löwenströmska hospital.
Löwenströmska sjukhuset. (The hospital.) The X is the room I got.
I got my room. Later I got a very kind room mate. I was happy to haver her in the room. Now I was not so alone when Ove was not here.
Ove was living in Scandic hotel in Upplands Väsbyy. The hospital was lying in the country and it took time for Ove to take the bus to visit me.
I could see the E4 road from my bed. I also could see the road that goes to Arlanda and the railroad.
A view from the side of the hospital.
A view from the other side of the hospital. There were no leaves on the trees yet and the grass was not green yet. There is a lake at the left.
Another view from the hospital.
I could see my jacket from my bed. This was such a comfort. I could remember the nice adventures I had in my jacket.
They had this nice orchid in the dining room.
Another orchid.
I prayed to God for this surgery. And God gave me the sunset I could see this from the hospital window. And I also knew I had a kind and skilled doctor. I did not need to be afraid.

Will be continiued

Photo: Wilhelmina and Ove Schedin
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-05-06