The CH phoned me wednesday morning to say my dad had urine in his blood and they had called the Dr. They had put him back to bed and would let me know what the dr said. My dad is catheterised so UTI's are common and I told them to make sure they gave him plenty to drink. They called that afternoon to say he had been given antibiotics.
Thursday am had a call to say they had called an ambulence and I should meet him at A&E. Apparently he was up all night and very breathless.
When we got to hospital he was in a very bad way his bp was 60/44 which had caused his kidneys to stop working. The tiny bit of urine in the bag was like pure blood. The dr said he had severe dehydration, the uti was so bad the bacteria had gone into his bloodstream and he had sepsis. Pumped over 4 litres of fluid into him and tons of antibiotics. By some miracle he has pulled through again and his kidneys have started up again and his bp is back to normal.
My concern is wheter the home had delayed in sorting out his uti (it is more obvious with the catheter as you can see the urine and it often starts smelling before uti really develops) and how had he got so dehydrated?
Another slight bug was that he often has the wrong clothes on even though all his are labelled. When he got to A&E the joggers he had on were so tight they were cutting into his stomach. They were a size medium when my dad wears and xxl. They must have known they were not his and god knows how they got them on him.
He has only been in the home 7 weeks and seems ok but this has really worried me.
Thursday am had a call to say they had called an ambulence and I should meet him at A&E. Apparently he was up all night and very breathless.
When we got to hospital he was in a very bad way his bp was 60/44 which had caused his kidneys to stop working. The tiny bit of urine in the bag was like pure blood. The dr said he had severe dehydration, the uti was so bad the bacteria had gone into his bloodstream and he had sepsis. Pumped over 4 litres of fluid into him and tons of antibiotics. By some miracle he has pulled through again and his kidneys have started up again and his bp is back to normal.
My concern is wheter the home had delayed in sorting out his uti (it is more obvious with the catheter as you can see the urine and it often starts smelling before uti really develops) and how had he got so dehydrated?
Another slight bug was that he often has the wrong clothes on even though all his are labelled. When he got to A&E the joggers he had on were so tight they were cutting into his stomach. They were a size medium when my dad wears and xxl. They must have known they were not his and god knows how they got them on him.
He has only been in the home 7 weeks and seems ok but this has really worried me.