Quite a stressful day.
When I and other patients arrived at the hospital rather than being whisked to our beds we were sitting on chairs. Ages passed and then we learned that there were no beds. Apparently they had 20 day cases on Monday that were expected to go home but only 6 did. While others were expected to be discharged this morning, it was a long process. Surgeons and their teams were clearly also in holding patterns.
At 10:30 myself and two other women were taken to another ward though again it took another 90 mins I was actually in a bed. Got changed into hospital gown and waited ….. and waited. Fell asleep and when I was woken at 15:00 two nurses were with me to announce that due to the surgery that was done before me, (it was supposed to be a quick one that patient could recover in day surgery) running into complications the decision was made to send me (and probably others) home. Apparently the patient and surgical team were still in theatre.
Next step…I’m on a priority list and they will be holding a team meeting on Friday and I will be advised then. No guarantee it will be next week and my son’s plans are also up in the air with respect to time off and my after care.
So there it is…naturally worried about the delay and the cancer advancing
