Week 386: inflammation

January 25, 2026

You could tell things were going OK for me last week because I managed to publish my weeknotes on Saturday morning. “Surely nothing of note will happen in the next 36 hours” I thought.
Then, in keeping with many previous weeks in January, some bones got broken. This time it was Lachie, coming off his mountain bike, breaking his pelvis and shoulder.
The injuries can be summed up by the following Dr’s quotes: “The structural integrity of the pelvis is intact”, “you are young so it should heal fast”, “impressive inflammation - that is going to hurt a lot”.
One of our friends is a surgeon at the hospital and generously came over to give us a personalised tour of Lachie’s skeleton scans which was very cool and helpful in understanding what was hurting and why.
The house of cards that was my childcare plans has been annihilated, of course, but the local parent crew has come together to help us out.
Did you know the A&E in Brighton was built when the city was approximately 60,000 and now it’s 140,000.