nurses are angels? who are they kidding?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 9:11 pm
Pretty hellish day today when we got to the hospital Robert had been sitting in his wheelchair totally alone (he is supposed to have a named nurse whose responsibility is supposed to be Robert) with a mouthful of grogger which had been there for 15 minutes (he could have aspirated!!) I had to get it out myself but we have already warned the nurses that if they were putting him into his wheelchair without us being there he needs someone with him at all times. They can't just dump him in his chair and leave him!
We were left totally alone for the 6 hours we were there! Every time he needed a cough (and he was very chesty today) its a procedure we have not yet been taught; we had to come the ward looking for someone who would be willing to leave their patient and get our son to cough before he choked to death!! They try to make us feel guilty by saying there are people in the ICU worse than Robert. Yers we do know that but Robert is not exactly in ther for the fun of it now is he? We also had an argument with someone from the kitchen because the nurse ordered something Rob didn't want to eat without consulting him and so we sent it back and asked for tomato soup and the woman from the kitchen was doing her nut and saying we should not have sent the bowlful of bovril (which they also sent up for lunch and for tea yesterday hence why he wanted the soup) back and if he orders something he should eat it!! This hospital is doing our head in!!
Eun
We were left totally alone for the 6 hours we were there! Every time he needed a cough (and he was very chesty today) its a procedure we have not yet been taught; we had to come the ward looking for someone who would be willing to leave their patient and get our son to cough before he choked to death!! They try to make us feel guilty by saying there are people in the ICU worse than Robert. Yers we do know that but Robert is not exactly in ther for the fun of it now is he? We also had an argument with someone from the kitchen because the nurse ordered something Rob didn't want to eat without consulting him and so we sent it back and asked for tomato soup and the woman from the kitchen was doing her nut and saying we should not have sent the bowlful of bovril (which they also sent up for lunch and for tea yesterday hence why he wanted the soup) back and if he orders something he should eat it!! This hospital is doing our head in!!
Eun