Wed 19 / 10 / 16
So...today is S's second kimo treatment . Was hoping it would go through without incident..unlike the first one a few weeks ago .
NO SUCH FECKING LUCK .
About an hour after the canula was inserted by the nurse and the kimo started going through S's arm and into her body , I notice a redness on S's kimo arm . S left her seat and took her kimo stand with her on the way to the toilets to use the facilities . A nurse commented on the redness when she saw it as S was leaving the tratment room . S was told to go and use the toilet quickely and rush back as the discolouration had to be investigated .
S came back and it was assessed that the canula was either not placed correctly or it had moved......AND THE KIMO MEDS WERE ACTUALLY GOING INTO S's ARM AND NOT HER VEINS.............AND SO WAS COOKING HER ARM FROM THE INSIDE.
WTF.
Some of the nurses had not seen this before and so it ended up being on-the-job training .
S had EIGHT injections into the wrist / hand area and the area was ringed with a thick black felt tip pen . Then a hot compress was placed on the area .
An hour after all this started a sister came to S and she placed a new canula in S's other hand to continue the kimo therapy....albeit an hour later.
They then wanted S to come back the following day ( not offering to keep her in overnight due to the kimo , a poison , going into her body where it should not have ) so the doctor could assess any damage . S told them she was not coming back unless transport was to be organized for her . FECK ME .............she couldn't have transport because she HAD NOT used the patient transport system before and she would have to register herself for it .
YES , THIS IS HOW YOUR NHS WORKS .
So , a nurse came back , placed Hydrocortisone Cream 4 times a day over the injected wrist / hand area and told S that they knew she was not stupid and had trained as a nurse so she was to medicate herself and contact the hospital if changes occurred to the injected area eg. blisters , further redness , etc .
And with that promise , the kimo session ended .
We went home via a friend's transport and once in we coped we gallows humour.
The following day , after using the Hydrocortisone Cream at set and spaced times , S telphoned the hospital ....eventually.............since they gave her the WRONG fecking telephone number to call ..to tell them at all was ok with the H/cream area overnight and that there was no change to the skin re. blisters , etc.
We have November's kimo date but not December's.
Wonder WTF will go wrong in November .............
