Hello,
my husband was taken into hospital unexpectedly yesterday and waiting for fuller diagnosis this morning. My helplessness is around not being able to be with him to support him. Only contact we have/can have is him using their phone. How can you minimise the effect of someone you love going through this on their own?
Hi ,
sorry to hear about your husband and hope you have had some news about what is happening now. If he were to be in for a little while I wonder if they have wi-fi in the hospital, if so a number of people have been using video calling to be able to see as well as talk and that can be quite helpful.
<<hugs>>
Steve
Hi NinoJ, I have just recently been through an initial cancer diagnosis with my partner in hospital, they allowed me to take in 'care' packages, which I left at the door of the ward, which I could add little personal notes, items in to show him I loved him and supported him. In this current time, it is the little things that help, he had a mobile and tablet so we could talk on whatsapp all the time, but it was the gestures of the packages that got him through his time in hospital.
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