As some know, Dad was admitted to hospital on Friday. A brief summary of what’s been going on:
Dad has not been eating properly for some time, and has lost a lot of weight. 2-3 weeks ago his GP recommended that he was admitted to hospital, but Dad refused. We arranged “meal on-wheels” so he had a hot dinner placed in front of him, which was partially successful, but he did not eat all of the meals delivered. Hone cooking was not successful either.
An endoscopy revealed a small ulcer, easily treatable with tablets, and not sufficient to stop Dad eating. He had a subsequent CT scan 2 weeks ago, and we still haven’t seen the report, thanks to Coventry and Warwickshire NHS not communicating with Leicestershire.
On Good Friday Pauline was due to take Dad up to see my other sister in Yorkshire, but found Dad with a tummy bug, and unable to support his weight on one of his legs, and she called us over to help. The less said about the consequences of the tummy bug the better…. The 111 service arranged a non-emergency ambulance which arrived at 6pm to take Dad to Leicester Royal Infirmary, where we (initially Pauline and her husband Rob, and then me and Chantal) waited in the ambulance until 10pm before being admitted. After several waits and assessments Dad was admitted to a ward by 3am.
Dad was initially very unhappy about the situation, but has now settled in. He was quite chatty and relaxed this afternoon. He is still not eating much, but at least is on fluids and is being monitored. Naturally the required specialists will not be available until after Easter.
We’ll update Oakstump on any significant news.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
