On the Thursday night, my grandson had another asthma attack. Because my boy had had a few drinks before going to bed, granddad had to get up and drive everybody to the hospital. That night I had an hour’s sleep.
On the Friday night I had no sleep at all. Check-in time for my flight to Lisbon was 4.30
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