Awake and up all night

Sorry to hear about your husband's experience in the hospital today, I would ask if a risk assessment was done for placing a patient with mental health problems in a general ward and insist that safeguarding be put in place immediately for the other patients to prevent further violence.

H 

That must have been alarming for your husband. I have seen a patient who was behaving in a similar way at the other end of the ward in the late afternoon. Nurses said he was a drug addict who was in for surgery after injuring himself. They called security who came, calmed the chap down and got him back in his bed. A few hours later the nurses changed to the weekend crew who were contract nurses. One of them was a fairly young heavy female nurse who terrified me as much as roaming drug addicts. The same chap started to cause trouble at 9pm. Security was called but they could not come straightaway because they were on a call elsewhere in the hospital. The no-nonsense contract nurse, seeing that the situation was escalating, told the ward sister she would give the addict a sedative injection to shut him up. She marched up to him, told him very forcibly to return to his bed, he obeyed, kicking things as he walked, then he quietened presumably after being jabbed. Apparently these incidents are not uncommon. Nurses have a lot to put up with. To vulnerable patients who are rigged up with tubes and/or immobile it is terrifying. This occurred in 2006 when I was in with a shattered wrist and forearm. Years later when I was in the cancer wards the patients were more placid, a much nicer, friendly and safer atmosphere. Thank goodness hubby was ok in the end. Ray xx    

Thanks for that Sarah

Feels like being underseige a bit, like every thing is coming at us, but thanks for normalising in context

I think we see through a lens in a certain way under pressure which would look different normally.

Sorry to know you had a stroke, are you a bit better now

Hoping for a better night but must say Clipper Sleep time tea did really help me last night camomile,  lemon balm lavender and more l really felt a bit better but l add aweetners and milk x

Sorry to hear this. That's the last thing you need. Hope you feel better now.

Thanks Ray

Sorry you went through that too. Itd not great wired up to something when wild card people are having episodes.  Very sad that they are so disturbed but hubby has enough think about right now.

Thanks for taking time to reply and tell your story too.

Hope things are going ok for you right now x

Thanks yes still a bit shaky but ok.

At least hubby now in a quieter ward where they are discussing meals the will have when better, a lovely crowd of guys. X

Glad to hear that.️

I’m a bit like my friend Brian Millibob (26ad4cf4d25e4b29b46ced7feefc29b6)-I get knocked down, but I get up again! (that’s his theme song!). 

Yes, thank you Dingg-I recovered well though I do still have issues with numbers and memory. When it first happened, and I couldn’t speak or say my name to the paramedics who came to the house, they were laughing at my ability to remember and say one very bad word, very loudly!

Sarah xx

Sarah, a lot like OH when he had a stroke, but he didn't swear at the paramedics when they arrived - I think he'd even forgotten his favourite curse! xxx

Hi Gill-they were asking me to say my name and address and I just couldn’t find the words no matter how hard I tried, so my frustration boiled over unfortunately! I became more restrained by the time the ambulance got me to a&e thankfully!

Sarah xx