I have lost complete faith in the NHS. They was debating whether to send dad home or whether to wait for a bed to become available at the hospice. They took him off IV fluids the other night and they was to see how he was managing with drinking fluids. Both his legs have swollen up because the tumour is blocking both lymph nodes now so his legs are massive. I go in today and speak to the nurse and she tells me he has…
Well I had another nerve wracking day away from Aberdeen, I went so see dad as soon as I go in from Livingston and wow what a difference. He was sitting up making conversation, managing to drink a cup of tea, devoured a mars bar that I took in for him he is looking the best he has in a couple of weeks since we hit the low. His lymphodeomia is back so they are going to put on his bandage again. His veins are collapsing…
Wow this rollercoaster we are on is bumpy. I was saying to my husband that dad is like that Forrest Gump saying 'like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get next'. From the sheer frustration and rage he was feeling the other night to last night when he was feeling a great deal of pain and not good at all to tonight, well what can I say about tonight. He was sleeping when we first went in…
Well I managed to go and conduct my training session, I called the hospital when I left Aberdeen and then again when I got to Elgin to check he was ok, the nurse told me he had quite a night they had to get someone to sit with him as he was so agitated he managed to take his iv line out so it is now bandaged up so he cant get to it. He was a lot brighter when I went in tonight, I made myself ill worrying that he would…
After using the front line title in my last blog was maybe a bit psychic of me. Today I went back to work, I called the hospital this morning before I left to check dad was ok, his blood pressure had come up a little and he had a comfy night which was good news. Mum went to see him this afternoon and she said he was drowsy so there wasnt much conversation, I expected him to be pretty much the same when I got there tonight…
