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Arrrrrrggggg doing my head in, long story so bare with me.
About 7 weeks ago my mother was rushed into hospital with seveare pain just above the stomach, they diagnosed a leaking gall bladder which then infected the blood that caused abescess on the liver and a bladder infection.
She was also having major migraines, she was blind for three days. Then one night she had two seizures. After that she started to recover, and after a week she was discharged and she was fine apart from a little confusen.
After two back home she started getting pain in the lower bowel, Dr was called and he sent her to another hospital, she was throwing up even though there was nothing in her stomach, major nausea so she wouldn't eat for days. they said it was a infection of the intestines.
Come this Saturday, we went down to see her norm time and she was fine, back to her old self etc
Sunday we go down and again she seemed fine, but we did notice she was saying words that didn't make sense, like she would ask to drink the milk, when all she had was a bottle of water, we asked the nurses and the said that the Dr had seen her and was happy to discharge her on Monday.
So yesterday comes around and we get no phone call to say when to pick her up, so I rang up about 1pm and was told yes she is fine, and sitting in a chair and the Dr was happy to discharge her.
30 minutes later my stepfather phones up and asks what time we can pick her up, they say any time after 4pm, oh and she had a fall last night and banged her head and needed a stitch in it, now they never told me that 30 mins before.
So off we trundle get to the hospital about 3:40, I go up to the ward, she is fast asleep, so I gentley wake her up, she said why are you here, so I say to take you home etc
Now she was acting totally confused, like she would call people she Knew by different names etc So again we go and have a word with the ward sister, oh yes she says the Dr saw her this morning and is totally happy for her to go home.
So we get her dressed, down to the car, on the way home she starts moaning as if she was in pain, but every time we ask her she says she is fine and just wants to go home, we get her home and she sits in the living room moaning, and clenching her fists. About 30 mins later she lies down and starts having a conversation with herself, so the rest of us decided to phone an ambulance, I ring 999 get through and answer a stream of questions and they decided to put me through to the out of ours Dr.
She rings back about 20 mins later and I answer another stream of questions, and she says she is going to confer with her colleges and they will phone me back within the hour.
10 minutes later my mother has a seizure, I have never been so frightened in my life, anyway I ring 999 again and ask for an ambulance, and is asked to answer another stream of questions, at this time I'm like just send the frigging ambulance, girl on the phone assures me a rapid response unit is on the way with an ambulance as back up, so about 10 mins later they turn up, treat her, make sure she is breathing etc ask us her history etc we tell them and say she was discharged from hospital this afternoon, they just look at each other and are like wtf!!
So off I go in the ambulance with her, she is talking just about, pulse and heart rate fine, we have to sit in the ambulance when we get to the hospital for over an hour before they will let us in, so in we go and we are asked to leave for a little bit while the nurses etc look over her, during this time she has another seizure, so I Dr rushes over does his thing etc and makes her stable.
So we go through the complete history with him again etc by this time she is fast asleep, and as it's about 2am we are told we might as well go home and they will decide what ward to put her in.
So after a night of restless sleep I phone up to be told she had a fine night, and she is stable but she did have another seizure around 7am this morning and she gets very agitated when they try to do any medical thing on her.
Now I didn't know this but my stepfather phoned up about an hour before I did and was told she was fine all night and she is sleeping, no mention of this 3rd seizure this morning, oh and the one stitch they put in her head, it was three and she had a black eye and a big bruise all over one side of her face.
So here I am, worried sick out of mind, I feel like puking, and to top it all I'm running a temperature and my glands on my neck are up, so I won't be able to go and see her.
Sorry for the very long rant, just needed to share with someone.
SJ.
About 7 weeks ago my mother was rushed into hospital with seveare pain just above the stomach, they diagnosed a leaking gall bladder which then infected the blood that caused abescess on the liver and a bladder infection.
She was also having major migraines, she was blind for three days. Then one night she had two seizures. After that she started to recover, and after a week she was discharged and she was fine apart from a little confusen.
After two back home she started getting pain in the lower bowel, Dr was called and he sent her to another hospital, she was throwing up even though there was nothing in her stomach, major nausea so she wouldn't eat for days. they said it was a infection of the intestines.
Come this Saturday, we went down to see her norm time and she was fine, back to her old self etc
Sunday we go down and again she seemed fine, but we did notice she was saying words that didn't make sense, like she would ask to drink the milk, when all she had was a bottle of water, we asked the nurses and the said that the Dr had seen her and was happy to discharge her on Monday.
So yesterday comes around and we get no phone call to say when to pick her up, so I rang up about 1pm and was told yes she is fine, and sitting in a chair and the Dr was happy to discharge her.
30 minutes later my stepfather phones up and asks what time we can pick her up, they say any time after 4pm, oh and she had a fall last night and banged her head and needed a stitch in it, now they never told me that 30 mins before.
So off we trundle get to the hospital about 3:40, I go up to the ward, she is fast asleep, so I gentley wake her up, she said why are you here, so I say to take you home etc
Now she was acting totally confused, like she would call people she Knew by different names etc So again we go and have a word with the ward sister, oh yes she says the Dr saw her this morning and is totally happy for her to go home.
So we get her dressed, down to the car, on the way home she starts moaning as if she was in pain, but every time we ask her she says she is fine and just wants to go home, we get her home and she sits in the living room moaning, and clenching her fists. About 30 mins later she lies down and starts having a conversation with herself, so the rest of us decided to phone an ambulance, I ring 999 get through and answer a stream of questions and they decided to put me through to the out of ours Dr.
She rings back about 20 mins later and I answer another stream of questions, and she says she is going to confer with her colleges and they will phone me back within the hour.
10 minutes later my mother has a seizure, I have never been so frightened in my life, anyway I ring 999 again and ask for an ambulance, and is asked to answer another stream of questions, at this time I'm like just send the frigging ambulance, girl on the phone assures me a rapid response unit is on the way with an ambulance as back up, so about 10 mins later they turn up, treat her, make sure she is breathing etc ask us her history etc we tell them and say she was discharged from hospital this afternoon, they just look at each other and are like wtf!!
So off I go in the ambulance with her, she is talking just about, pulse and heart rate fine, we have to sit in the ambulance when we get to the hospital for over an hour before they will let us in, so in we go and we are asked to leave for a little bit while the nurses etc look over her, during this time she has another seizure, so I Dr rushes over does his thing etc and makes her stable.
So we go through the complete history with him again etc by this time she is fast asleep, and as it's about 2am we are told we might as well go home and they will decide what ward to put her in.
So after a night of restless sleep I phone up to be told she had a fine night, and she is stable but she did have another seizure around 7am this morning and she gets very agitated when they try to do any medical thing on her.
Now I didn't know this but my stepfather phoned up about an hour before I did and was told she was fine all night and she is sleeping, no mention of this 3rd seizure this morning, oh and the one stitch they put in her head, it was three and she had a black eye and a big bruise all over one side of her face.
So here I am, worried sick out of mind, I feel like puking, and to top it all I'm running a temperature and my glands on my neck are up, so I won't be able to go and see her.
Sorry for the very long rant, just needed to share with someone.
SJ.