Well here we go again. Patient no. 0365628 here. All plugged in and 're-hydrating'.
I'm typing this from the exact same bed in bay 3.
Darren evidently did an excellent job of procuring me the same spot, next to the window. Shaun is my neighbour again, but Darren is in a side room as he's neutropenic (at risk of infection).
I was clerked by a student nurse who was keen to ask me ALL the questions on her 5 page form.
Was i continent? Can i dress myself? Does my home have a ramp to the front door?
I know i have gray hair (for now) but really... :-)
My bed wasnt ready when we arrived at 3pm, so Claudia,little Louis, Darren and i went for a coffee in the hospital's atrium cafe.
My drip machine battery promptly ran out, so i cut a lonely figure next to a far-flung plug socket (photo), much to Claudia's amusement.
The bed wasnt available until 8.30pm - it turns out the poor old man was discharged a day early.. and he only had his pyjamas with him.
Hello there,
ReplyDeletejust a really quick one to say we're thinking of you and hoping that this cycle at least won't be worse than the last...ein frommer Wunsch?
Will get in touch again soon,
lots of love from Kira, Reece and Ben (4.2 kg stuck to my chest for much of the day,ouch, maybe I can apply for a new NHS back?)
Student nurses and forms... two of the most dubious parts of the NHS. Believe me, I've met some NHS forms that are so stupid only a student nurse could read them! If I followed all the forms I'm supposed to, I would need about 6 hours with someone the first time I meet them, and I would have to ask them whether they want to stop smoking and whether their under-age children are sexually active - in short, I don't think I'd be invited back into their home!
ReplyDeleteMind you, we all have to start somewhere. When I am tempted to get exasperated with a student (like for example the time I had one who just couldn't work out that to get the air out of a syringe you had to turn it so it points upwards - it was desperate) I remind myself that on my first day on the wards I fainted, hit my head on the floor and got sent home!
Maybe you should have a ramp installed. If we had one I could skateboard down the hall and out of the front door! Nice!
Hylton
ReplyDeleteThanks for this Peter, I'm at work at the minute so havnt been able to get through it all.
Very stylish an'all...
BTW, I think I know your neigbours Vicky, Anna(&bump)& the often erstwhile Dave(nothing to do with bump!)
Keep it up