We had a good flight down yesterday, although on the welcome aboard talk they said we were on a Boeing 800 (possibly not a Max, but still!) It was a good thing my mum had me on arrival as Cape Town Airport has changed a lot since she was last down in 2008. Had good family time with my aunt, uncle and cousin Jaimie. Jaimie's sense of humour is a good tonic and have had some nice long chats with my aunt and was going to go out for a walk with my uncle round the Greenbelt this morning, but there wasn't time to get to the specialist on time. I will go tomorrow.
So my mum had a good meeting with the specialist and had another scan of her legs. There are two veins at the back of each leg that have faulty valves, so she will have both out with ligatures under general anaesthetic on Wednesday. It should be quite straightforward and she will then have a follow up on the 29th and if all is good we fly home on the 31st. The operation will apparently only take an hour. It is not possible to do it with laser but should be OK.
Going to a Mother City Hop dance social this evening with Jaimie. There's an international event this weekend and they are looking at Jazz from the Sophiatown era.
Will send an update again about how my mum's surgery goes. I felt the weight of responsibility when she put my name as next of kin when filling out forms today.
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