I am writing this as much to clear my head as telling the tale,
My wife had a docs apointment on the monday, was noticing the signs of agitation,
as in uti etc over the weekend but held off due to the mon apointment , we went on mon went through the usual ,blood pressure etc allso explained she had the runs ,then got the prescription for antibiotics and sachets of salts to replace what was being lost,
we have all been there,
well the days went by and things got worse changing clothes bathing throwing the bed sheets n duvet away, The toilets upstairs bringing its own probs ie humping said wife up and down the stairs.
so on the third day evening went for the doc to come out and check the wife who by this time is bed bound he turns up about 7pm ish does the usual checks and goes to arrange an ambulance to hospital.
A St johns ambulance arrives abot 9 pm ish they spent an hour with the wife oxygen etc etc and calpol do bring the fever down only then did they put her in the ambulance yes it took a while but couldnt fault them they were profesional to a tee
So about 10 ish we get to the hospital.... oh i asked why st johns n not nhs the answer nhs dont have enough ambulances or the people to man them so they sub out to us,
so were at the hospital shown the bed the ambulance crew get her in bed and covered i thank them they leave.
I am now sat there with the wife waiting after 1/2 an hour i realise wifes in a bed with a fever and doing a fair bit of twitching etc so in a flash of brain power lift the beds sides, over maybe an hour i answer the questions tell them she has dementia she has dementia she has dementia no its not a typo my answer to the stupid questions asked of the wife who is in a state of fever and doesnt know if shes on this earth or fullers earth (you have to be old and use drum brakes on your car) daughter turns up checks her moms ok by this time the calpols working and the wifes coming down slowly.
we leave i live 10/15 mins from hospital taxi gets me home 12 ish.
All done now for few days respite and travelling up and down visiting yes?
No. morning after gets a phone call this is the hospital your wife fell out of bed has broken her hip needs operation goes up there demand a doctor between the phone info and this docs info two storys wifes on nil by mouth they dont know whats up with what shes in for in the first place shes not hardly eaten for two days prior now there starving her
You couldnt make this stuff up
mrf94
dave
My wife had a docs apointment on the monday, was noticing the signs of agitation,
as in uti etc over the weekend but held off due to the mon apointment , we went on mon went through the usual ,blood pressure etc allso explained she had the runs ,then got the prescription for antibiotics and sachets of salts to replace what was being lost,
we have all been there,
well the days went by and things got worse changing clothes bathing throwing the bed sheets n duvet away, The toilets upstairs bringing its own probs ie humping said wife up and down the stairs.
so on the third day evening went for the doc to come out and check the wife who by this time is bed bound he turns up about 7pm ish does the usual checks and goes to arrange an ambulance to hospital.
A St johns ambulance arrives abot 9 pm ish they spent an hour with the wife oxygen etc etc and calpol do bring the fever down only then did they put her in the ambulance yes it took a while but couldnt fault them they were profesional to a tee
So about 10 ish we get to the hospital.... oh i asked why st johns n not nhs the answer nhs dont have enough ambulances or the people to man them so they sub out to us,
so were at the hospital shown the bed the ambulance crew get her in bed and covered i thank them they leave.
I am now sat there with the wife waiting after 1/2 an hour i realise wifes in a bed with a fever and doing a fair bit of twitching etc so in a flash of brain power lift the beds sides, over maybe an hour i answer the questions tell them she has dementia she has dementia she has dementia no its not a typo my answer to the stupid questions asked of the wife who is in a state of fever and doesnt know if shes on this earth or fullers earth (you have to be old and use drum brakes on your car) daughter turns up checks her moms ok by this time the calpols working and the wifes coming down slowly.
we leave i live 10/15 mins from hospital taxi gets me home 12 ish.
All done now for few days respite and travelling up and down visiting yes?
No. morning after gets a phone call this is the hospital your wife fell out of bed has broken her hip needs operation goes up there demand a doctor between the phone info and this docs info two storys wifes on nil by mouth they dont know whats up with what shes in for in the first place shes not hardly eaten for two days prior now there starving her
You couldnt make this stuff up
mrf94
dave
