Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I don't know how to start this

I left here at about 1 o'c only to find that the road out of the village past the Cherwell lorries is closed by the river bridge. It was also snow/hailing and making things difficult, between snow showers and sunshine, I joined the road to Banbury at Adderbury traffic lights and got to the Horton a little later than I had planned.
I arrived at ward "E" and went to Mum's bedside. Although it was not strictly visiting times I was able to give Mum her specatackles and handbag. She was in bed and had all the detritus of oxygen mask, drip and catheta to a bedside urine bag. She was glad to see me and wanted to know if I had an ice cream - sorry love, you have a NIL BY MOUTH notice above the bed. Did I see the little dog? No. The nurse Claire was very helpful and brought me a chair and said the doctor would like to see me when he/she was free of his/her meeting at 2 pm Did I want to go to the canteen for a cup of tea? I had an Ice Cream.
At 2 o/c, I met Dr Kerry something (a lady doc) and we went to a little room down the corridor. Did I want to ask any questions Is she in danger? well, she is very frail, and not strong enough to stand an exploratory op to see what was going on. Did you get the required amount of fluid = no, we couldn't get enough for our needs. Just then she left the room and came back with David, a surgeon. Did I want to ask him any questions? Can I be frank, says I. Yes, do not be afraid. Has she got cancer - no, I didn't find any sign from the CT scan. Is she in any danger? Well, if she does not improve in the next day or two < we would not be able to do very much for her- she is very frail. How long has she been likes this he says - she has been very sleepy, and not eating much I said. She does not show much interest in what is going on and she goes off to bed at 8.30-ish, We go out together and sometimes to a meal, but not very often, I do all the cooking and we have Carers to wash and dress and undress her. We have a lady who does the cleaning and ironing, and someone to look after the garden, so we are not over taxed. Sorry to be the bearer of such bad news
I came home via the back road and found myself making plans.........Dad

1 comment:

Eddie said...

Our thoughts & pray's are with you all at this time, we will keep checking the blog for updates. Sending love. Eddie & Teresa x

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