Post by Nifty on Oct 7, 2022 10:13:16 GMT 1
More Fact I am afraid.
I made a contemporaneous log of events as they happened
I was picked up by two paramedics. One was Kim from Shepton Mallet whose father was a Geordie, the other, Adam from Langport with 18 years experience as ambulance crew
Arrived at Yeovil Casualty abt. 13.55 and was situated in a Treatment Room.
I commented to a nurse that the clock on the wall in the room had stopped.
She fitted a new battery to it and reset the clock to 14.10.
I was weighed on the stretcher and my weight calculated to be about 61. Kg.? mmmm!
( 15/9/22 9.00 62.4 kg after toilet. 3/10/22 22.50 64.5 in pyjamas on Nigel and Ann’s bathroom scale at Elton)
Dr. Mathew Taylor seems to have been the most senior medic on duty and there was talk of being prescribed some morphine drink. I became concerned about what effect this might have on my bowel movements.
A nurse called Ami took about half a dozen blood samples and gave me an ECG.
14.37 Ami and her overseer departed and I noted that there was a greater variation of the ethnicity of the medical staff and cleaners than there were in the late 1970s or early 1980s
15.38 taken for 2
A nurse came into the first examination room that I was taken to and wrote on a sheet of paper:
‘ My name is Chloe. I will look after you from now on. We are going to move you somewhere else.’
16.10 Sitting in chair waiting for drugs to take effect. (Obviously!)
16.15 sitting in chair
Have time - have indigestion - will travel?
Dr. Mathew Taylor told me that the hospital had called my oh and that she would collect me as and when. Presumably this was coordinated via the hospital computer. Database.
Apparently, I should be able to bear a little of my weight upon my left leg. I felt that this may not be possible and wonder if it is really necessary or advisable to try so soon. after the accident.
I moved from the bed that I was undergoing tests and observation to a chair in Bay 6 of the Casualty Department and this gave a slightly different view of the corridor outside and I was able to see a blank perspex white board notice next to a poster bearing information about ‘Carestream’ with info whose target audience seemed to be pregnant women and a ‘ Don’t suffer in shame’ poster.
16.30 Morphine taking effect ?
16.32 Another patient in a wheelchair admitted into x-Ray Department.
Some people without anti CV face masks visible in corridor.
16.42 More walking tests after which there was a consultation with the Doctor who told me that I was free to go home with medication that he would prescribe
16.45
Waiting for o.h. to arrive.
I wonder what the traffic between Chard and Yeovil is like
16.54I have what I think may be o.h’s mobile No.
It transpired that it was not.
Not being punny again but I think that this was probably due to its SIM card being changed for this trip.
16.55 Wheelchair leaves x-Ray dept.
Not much visible in the corridor through the open doors of Bay 6.
Masked cleaner with plastic trolly similar to a supermarket trolly full of yellow plastic FLOOR CLEANING signs.
Apparently, I can not be released from the hospital without pain relief.
Not sure what drugs are involved but Dr. assured me that the 20 ml of sweet tasting liquid coda morphine which I took at 16.05 with a drink of water rapidly gave me a wonderfully warm feeling in my tummy and had a calming effect on me and was unlikely to cause me severe problems with constipation.
Th Dr. then proceeded to give me a walking test. My left hip and thigh was terribly painful and I felt that it was impossible for me to take any weight on my left leg. I felt that I was being rushed and it was far too early to bear my weight on it, also, I was afraid that trying to do so might make a bad situation worse.
Next Day.
7.50 OH making tea and toast.
Spent most of morning in bed. Tasks that are normally the work of a minute take on the likeness of a military operation in the amount of thought and planning necessary to accomplish them. Getting in to bed is one example. The doorways in the accommodation are narrower than the width of the walking frame that I have loaned from Yeovil Hospital.leaving and entering the let involves three slippery steps.
So far I have only been in and out of the accommodation once
12.19 Leave Borderland bound for lunch with Brian and Marie at Axminster
12.30 30 mg. Codeine phosphate…….. to be continued
I made a contemporaneous log of events as they happened
I was picked up by two paramedics. One was Kim from Shepton Mallet whose father was a Geordie, the other, Adam from Langport with 18 years experience as ambulance crew
Arrived at Yeovil Casualty abt. 13.55 and was situated in a Treatment Room.
I commented to a nurse that the clock on the wall in the room had stopped.
She fitted a new battery to it and reset the clock to 14.10.
I was weighed on the stretcher and my weight calculated to be about 61. Kg.? mmmm!
( 15/9/22 9.00 62.4 kg after toilet. 3/10/22 22.50 64.5 in pyjamas on Nigel and Ann’s bathroom scale at Elton)
Dr. Mathew Taylor seems to have been the most senior medic on duty and there was talk of being prescribed some morphine drink. I became concerned about what effect this might have on my bowel movements.
A nurse called Ami took about half a dozen blood samples and gave me an ECG.
14.37 Ami and her overseer departed and I noted that there was a greater variation of the ethnicity of the medical staff and cleaners than there were in the late 1970s or early 1980s
15.38 taken for 2
A nurse came into the first examination room that I was taken to and wrote on a sheet of paper:
‘ My name is Chloe. I will look after you from now on. We are going to move you somewhere else.’
16.10 Sitting in chair waiting for drugs to take effect. (Obviously!)
16.15 sitting in chair
Have time - have indigestion - will travel?
Dr. Mathew Taylor told me that the hospital had called my oh and that she would collect me as and when. Presumably this was coordinated via the hospital computer. Database.
Apparently, I should be able to bear a little of my weight upon my left leg. I felt that this may not be possible and wonder if it is really necessary or advisable to try so soon. after the accident.
I moved from the bed that I was undergoing tests and observation to a chair in Bay 6 of the Casualty Department and this gave a slightly different view of the corridor outside and I was able to see a blank perspex white board notice next to a poster bearing information about ‘Carestream’ with info whose target audience seemed to be pregnant women and a ‘ Don’t suffer in shame’ poster.
16.30 Morphine taking effect ?
16.32 Another patient in a wheelchair admitted into x-Ray Department.
Some people without anti CV face masks visible in corridor.
16.42 More walking tests after which there was a consultation with the Doctor who told me that I was free to go home with medication that he would prescribe
16.45
Waiting for o.h. to arrive.
I wonder what the traffic between Chard and Yeovil is like
16.54I have what I think may be o.h’s mobile No.
It transpired that it was not.
Not being punny again but I think that this was probably due to its SIM card being changed for this trip.
16.55 Wheelchair leaves x-Ray dept.
Not much visible in the corridor through the open doors of Bay 6.
Masked cleaner with plastic trolly similar to a supermarket trolly full of yellow plastic FLOOR CLEANING signs.
Apparently, I can not be released from the hospital without pain relief.
Not sure what drugs are involved but Dr. assured me that the 20 ml of sweet tasting liquid coda morphine which I took at 16.05 with a drink of water rapidly gave me a wonderfully warm feeling in my tummy and had a calming effect on me and was unlikely to cause me severe problems with constipation.
Th Dr. then proceeded to give me a walking test. My left hip and thigh was terribly painful and I felt that it was impossible for me to take any weight on my left leg. I felt that I was being rushed and it was far too early to bear my weight on it, also, I was afraid that trying to do so might make a bad situation worse.
Next Day.
7.50 OH making tea and toast.
Spent most of morning in bed. Tasks that are normally the work of a minute take on the likeness of a military operation in the amount of thought and planning necessary to accomplish them. Getting in to bed is one example. The doorways in the accommodation are narrower than the width of the walking frame that I have loaned from Yeovil Hospital.leaving and entering the let involves three slippery steps.
So far I have only been in and out of the accommodation once
12.19 Leave Borderland bound for lunch with Brian and Marie at Axminster
12.30 30 mg. Codeine phosphate…….. to be continued