Dad was moved from hospital, into a hospice as he requires a lot of care that my mum would not be able to cope with providing on her own.
Sadly dad spent the majority of the last 6 months of his life in hospital, and we were unable to get dad home for the end of his life. However we did get him into a hospice, so he did receive very good care.
On Tuesday of this week my mum phoned me in tears and said the hospice…
Having had a chance to read my dad's letters from the hospitals, all the answers to the questions are there, just that my parents didn't understand the technical jargon and never asked the consultant to explain them. They expected the consultant to tell them verbally all what they needed to understand.
My dad has a critical life cover policy, which we are making a claim on, so I asked my mum for my dads letters…
Dad went to the hospital to start Chemo, but collapsed in pain. The doctors weren't happy and admitted him to a ward. During the night he crashed and they had to revive him, he was then taken to ICU.
Apparently he had an infection, not sure about the details. Don't know what caused it, where or when it started. But he had a course of antibiotics and the infection is now clear.
However, there was concern regarding…
Why do parents feel it is for the best NOT to discuss important things with their children?
So just a short recap: Dad had his operation, the cancer was worse than what showed on the scans, had to have a stoma which kept leaking and was causing a great deal of hassle and stress. After 3 attempts they did the reversal operation and he eventually came home.
My parents went to an appointment with the surgeon and my mum…
Getting really fed up now. Why do doctors play on peoples emotions? Do they understand that patients are people who are ill, rather than slabs of meat they can play with like toys?
I wanted to write a blog on how well my dad was doing following his operation, however that is not the case. First we played the hocky cocky - you can go home tomorrow - now you are staying in - you can go home - no your staying in - out …
