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Today I'm taking you to the hospital with me in this blog entry.  

It was a decision I had shied away from for a very long time, but in March the time had come. I underwent radioiodine therapy. As you are not allowed to leave your room for two days during such a treatment and then have to stay on the ward for a few more days, I took the precaution of equipping myself with plenty of reading material and my painting kit and marched into the hospital with a huge suitcase. And that was a good thing. Because in my case, the radioactive radiation felt very comfortable in my body, so I had to stay in hospital for a total of three weeks. After that, I had to stay in quarantine for another week and keep 2 meters away from people when shopping. I was quite surprised when I realized that I didn't have to keep my distance at all, because everyone else was already doing that. In the three weeks that I had been shielded from the world, it had changed fundamentally. The corona wave had reached Germany... 

But back to the hospital. Whether the time in hospital is tolerable depends not only on the food and the staff, but above all on your roommates. As I have a habit of putting everything in the hands of my almighty God, I prayed for my future roommate beforehand. It was probably also a bit selfish, because I didn't want an old, snoring lady in my room.  

That was not the case! I was given a friendly middle-aged lady with the same diagnosis as me in my room. Or rather, I was even allowed to enjoy the benefits of a private patient room with her, as she was a private patient. We got on well straight away. That was also very important, because we had to share a room together for 48 hours. Nobody was allowed to leave the room. Of course, she quickly picked up on my hobby and helped me paint with her comments. The following picture is one that I had already started at home but finished in hospital. It was after a Tutorial by Angela Anderson whose work I greatly appreciate.

My roommate and I spent five pleasant days together (given the circumstances). When it became clear that she would be allowed to go home, but that I would be staying a little longer, I offered to paint a picture for her. I asked for a motif and together we looked for a nice idea on YouTube. It was quickly found. It was a Tutorial by John Magne Lisondra. 

I conjured up the picture on acrylic paper within a day. It went quite well and easily. Only the lavender gave me a bit of a headache. I didn't manage it quite so well.  

All in all, I had a lot of fun painting this picture and so another day in hospital was put to good use.  

The picture moved out with my fellow sufferer and found a place in her apartment with a beautiful frame.  

Now I was left alone in the room and had to move to a darker room a short time later. I stayed there alone for the rest of the time. 

I painted a total of five pictures during this time and started a fifth, but gave up. I would like to show you another of these paintings in the next post introduce.