Sorry I havent blogged for a while things have been hectic with Dad being in the hospice, mum does the afternoon visiting and I stay at work til 6pm to go and visit him when I am finished. He has been up and down and round about he has a good week then a awful week. Dad still has the lymphodoema in his leg, the physio is coming to look at that tomorrow. He has been fine a good patient better than he was before at the…
Well dad is all settled in the hospice. The ambulance came to pick him up yesterday and they wouldnt let mum go with him so mum was really upset called me and I was upset, I think it might have dawned on her that he wont be home now as she was telling me before he was picked up that he might be in for a week and then home, I tried to gently tell her then felt awful when she called me in tears. I left work and met her…
Finally today we have heard that there is a bed for dad in the hospice, he is to go in tomorrow. He is in a lot of pain today, the doctors have been out twice this morning, they have given him a injection which I presume is painkillers so he is sound asleep just now. The skin on his legs is starting to crack and they think there might be a bit of a infection there so they have started him on antibiotics, if he is still…
Further to dad being discharged on Sunday he has not been right since but I thought it was good for mum and dad to spend some time again in each others company so I kind off let it slide, knowing full well it would only be days before we are back to square one. The district nurse came in this morning took one look at dad and told mum to call to get the GP out, the district nurse sat with dad the whole time she was there…
I was along visiting Dad today and I went and spoke to the nurse, she said that because dad was managing to receive his medication orally he could do this at home, they know he wants to get home and they say they are doing the same things that could be done at home and he would be comfier. I agree with all that and can see it now I have calmed a little. What gets me is that since they took him off his IV fluids at the…
