Mon 6/6.
We were visited by another Oncology nurse this morning , who said that S was being moved later this morning . I asked if there were anymore surprises re. S's illness as she came in with kidney failure , which now corrected itself , but was hit with the 2 shadows being ovarian cancer . I was assured that there were no other surprises. So , baggage train set off at 11am and S was placed in a small 8 bed ward. So we get there at 11am and ...................NOTHING !! .That was that , not one person came and and talked to us until 1pm because S had got very upset . The first Onc nurse the one with the contact details card , was on the ward , and it have taken 10 seconds to just say to S "nice to see you here. I'm bust at the mo but I'll see you later" .that's all it would have taken . Then to find the food menu was out of date ( even though it was left in the bed bay when it was being readied for S. I went for a coffee , came back at 1pm and was greeted with a handbell being rung . I thought " religious ceremoney ? " and found S so distraught in bed. The husband of the patient opposite had told S that i was not allowwed to be with her during meat times ..............something not told to us by the nursing staff and had to be told by a member of the public. I was upset because S was being ignored . A health care assistant saw S crying , closed the curtains and aasked what was wrong . We told her and it was called 'protected meal times ' ...............next of kin / family not allowed to be there to make sure that they went off for something to eat too . we said it made sense but it wasn't explained to us and we had been just dumped in the bed bay and not talked to . Right..more blood taken ( really not easy at all since you couldn't see S's veins ) , more blood pressure readings , more temperatures taken and still no approach from the two Onc nurses. I was not allowed to stay over night in this ward . So .........more one-sided conversations , more arguing with our friend over the phone re. how S is being treated , more crappy sleep .
