The Diary Of Onebrokelady Aged 60 And A Half

Seasidegal58

I do hope your poor dad is recovering well OBL - as others have posted, he's in the best place. 

Hoping too that you're feeling better as well x

Honeysucklelou2

Thinking of you…hope that your dad feels better soon. 

Onebrokelady

Willowtree222 said:

Sounds like such a stressful situation with your mum and dad.

Is your mum in denial about how ill he is?

The stress won't help how you feel either.

X

It’s very stressful . Mum just thinks he’s exaggerating his symptoms and is doing it for attention 

Onebrokelady

badmemory said:

Thank goodness for a good GP.  Most of them are.  Some of his problems could be solved just by food & adequate hydration.  I guess mum has not been giving him an hourly cuppa.  I suggest when you visit him you push the hydration.  I know that was the only possible complaint I could have at my mother's care when she was in hospital.  Not strictly true as every time she went in a doctor would say she has dementia, yes of course we know, & the doctor would ask why she hasn't got a diagnosis.

Hourly cuppa, I don’t think so they have breakfast with a drink then a coffee at 11 and then possibly one in the afternoon 

Onebrokelady

milann said:

Sounds as if your dad is in the best place…..for himself and everyone concerned.

milann said:

Sounds as if your dad is in the best place…..for himself and everyone concerned.

Definitely 

Onebrokelady

Just popped in to do a quick update before I go to bed
Dad is still in hospital and is very poorly, they have attempted to send him home twice but he’s deteriorated so he’s got to stay in. It’s been a complete nightmare dealing with everything because my sister is his LPA and of course won’t tell me anything so I have to ask the nurses to repeat everything again to me. They like you to have one person to be liaison if possible as this saves time for the staff. Luckily for me he is on my daughter’s ward ( she has had to move and work on another ward ) but she is close friends with the Matron so has had a word with her about the situation. The matron phoned me this morning to say she has arranged a meeting with the doctor in charge of dad’s care for Tuesday afternoon for me ,mum and my sister  who has agreed to take part via teams. They want to update us all about his health at the same time so we all know what’s going on. He is very very frail and is not eating at all and barely drinking so I think the news isn’t going to be good.

I will also update about my situation tomorrow if I get time 

Cherryfudge

Sending hugs, OBL. I'll keep a look out for you posting but right now you have other things to cope with. Still, lots of us are thinking of you.

foxgloves

Stressful times, OBL. Thinking of you.
F x

Sun_Addict

What a worrying time for you. My thoughts are with you x

jwil

Virtual hugs from me too x