UPDATE ON MUM

25/02/2007 by Ted.

EVENING 25TH FEBRUARY 2007. SORRY I AM LATE. ANOTHER BUSY DAY.

FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS MUM HAS BEEN HAVING TO DASH TO THE LOO WITH LOOSE BOWELS. THE FREQUENCY OF THESE DASHES HAS INCREASED DAY BY DAY AND BECOME A PAINFUL EMBARRASSMENT. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO EXHAUSTED HER AS SHE HAS HAD TO EXPEND PRECIOUS ENERGY MAKING THESE NUMEROUS VISITS.  TODAY MATTERS CAME TO A HEAD. SHE WAS UTTERLY LISTLESS, UNCOMFORTABE ON BOTH BED AND CHAIR, AND MAKING URGENT VISITS AT MORE AND MORE FREQUENT INTERVALS. 

THE WONDERFUL ST. GEORGE’S STAFF TENDED MUM WITHOUT COMPLAINT, BUT AFTER A DISCUSSION THIS EVENING CONCLUDED THAT AN INFECTION AND NOT MUM’S CONDITION OR MEDICATION WAS THE CAUSE. CONSEQUENTLY THEY HAVE PLACED MUM UNDER BARRIER NURSING CONSTRAINTS. TOMORROW MUM’S DOCTOR WILL BE BACK AT WORK AFTER HER WEEKEND OFF AND SHE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY VISIT TO SEE MUM EARLY TOMORROW MORNING TO EXAMINE HER MEDICATION AND THIS PROBLEM.  THE STAFF HAVE ALSO TAKEN STOOL SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS TOMORROW. 

MUM HAD RESIGNEDLY ACCEPTED THE PROBLEM AS PART OF HER FAILING HEALTH WHICH WOULD REMAIN WITH HER.  AFTER A TROUBLED DAY THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN END TO THIS LATEST DEBILITATING TORMENT HAS LIGHTENED HER SPIRITS. THE NURSING CARE OF ST. GEORGE’S STAFF HAS EASED THE PHYSICAL PAIN AND DISCOMFORT AND TONIGHT SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP AND AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IN THE MORNING.

LOVE TO ALL,

TED.

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