I think I'd already posted that FiL had a fall and went to hospital with a broken hip last weekend (if I haven't, sorry....not sure if I'm on my head or my heels at the moment). He had a visitor shortly after his op, who found him in good spirits, then the same visitor went back a couple of days later and was disappointed to find he'd slipped back a bit....was hallucinating a bit and rambling, but they still had a conversation and FiL said he was comfortable and being well looked after.
Then a day later BiL visited and was told by his dad that 4 nurses had held him down and beaten him up, and he wanted the police called. He had cuts and bruises all over his arms......apparently he had been found tightly entangled with a couple of his tubes and put up a fight when they tried to remove them, hence the 4 staff. He also pulled out his cannula, and the 'manhandling' damaged his fragile skin. He has someone sitting by his bed to keep an eye on him.
He has also been keeping the other patients in his ward awake at night with his talking, and is refusing his meds. And he has now decided that BiL is on the side of the abusive staff and set his face against him. Apparently the DR doesn't think it's delirium, but is working on the theory it's his morphine ....no-one has mentioned the other 'D' word (he's not been diagnosed or even seen a dr with that in mind as far as we know, and sometimes we wonder if we're jumping to conclusions)
My husband wants to' talk' to someone who has an overall view of him.....so far we understand that the drs he's seen are specialists....skin/cardiac etc and we've found it virtually impossible to phone internationally even at a time suggested when a dr would be on rounds....never managed to speak to anyone who knows anything Would it be a good idea to email the PALS dept and ask them if they could find out anything/pass on an email to an appropriate dr from my husband? We don't have LPA....that was still a work in progress, but BiL doesn't want to try to talk to someone, says his brother would be better at it!
Also if anyone has any suggestions/insight into what's happening I'd be very grateful. He also has a 'chest infection'.....maybe hospital acquired but he may have had it when he went in ....so many things going on you could stick a pin in a list and find something possible
Then a day later BiL visited and was told by his dad that 4 nurses had held him down and beaten him up, and he wanted the police called. He had cuts and bruises all over his arms......apparently he had been found tightly entangled with a couple of his tubes and put up a fight when they tried to remove them, hence the 4 staff. He also pulled out his cannula, and the 'manhandling' damaged his fragile skin. He has someone sitting by his bed to keep an eye on him.
He has also been keeping the other patients in his ward awake at night with his talking, and is refusing his meds. And he has now decided that BiL is on the side of the abusive staff and set his face against him. Apparently the DR doesn't think it's delirium, but is working on the theory it's his morphine ....no-one has mentioned the other 'D' word (he's not been diagnosed or even seen a dr with that in mind as far as we know, and sometimes we wonder if we're jumping to conclusions)
My husband wants to' talk' to someone who has an overall view of him.....so far we understand that the drs he's seen are specialists....skin/cardiac etc and we've found it virtually impossible to phone internationally even at a time suggested when a dr would be on rounds....never managed to speak to anyone who knows anything Would it be a good idea to email the PALS dept and ask them if they could find out anything/pass on an email to an appropriate dr from my husband? We don't have LPA....that was still a work in progress, but BiL doesn't want to try to talk to someone, says his brother would be better at it!
Also if anyone has any suggestions/insight into what's happening I'd be very grateful. He also has a 'chest infection'.....maybe hospital acquired but he may have had it when he went in ....so many things going on you could stick a pin in a list and find something possible