Extra vocabulary (week 7) :
ward => a room in a hospital containing patients
ward sister => a nurse responsible for a ward or wards
to complain
to comfort
to suppose so => to agree, but without enthusiasm
enthusiastic
cheerful
appetite
have a hard time
catheter => a temporary device put into a vein or artery for drips etc.
an old fox => a cunning old man
a glint in his eye => strong interest in something (often sexual adventure)
to proposition a woman⁄man => to ask for sexual favours
a menace
still some life in him => not dead yet !