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AndyN01 · 27th March 2022, 09:01

Morning all.

Been missing for a day or so as fetch MIL out of hospital on Friday evening.

For all of you with various illnesses, pains etc. hope all is going the right way and you're getting the help and support that you need.

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For those of you enjoying various tasty delights you always make me feel hungry

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The saga of MIL continues. Due to come home last Monday but fell going to the bathroom at 3am Sunday night/Monday morning so put on hold for physios to check mobility out - again. Eventually moved to Friday. Is there transport go get her from George Elliot in Nuneaton to close to Swadlincote in Derbyshire (brother in law's place)?

No.

. It's across county boundaries so er... no. The fact that it's only about 20 miles and that's where the ambulance came from to pick up up after the fall that broke her hip is irrelevant, apparently. We'll have to come and fetch her.

Then the fun starts about when to pick her up. Left hand, right hand, left big toe and bottom clearly not talking to each other as we had a string of calls about all sorts of stuff culminating in one that asked for the phone number of her GP (presumably they don't have (a) that info in their records (

) or (b) Google, where they work). Then a call about what meds she is on - er I thought that was what they did? Then a call from MIL asking us to let them have the GP phone number and before we could phone back, a call to say she was ready to discharge from "now."

So off we trot to Nuneaton. The ward staff were brilliant. Helpful, supportive and were prepared with everything that she needed to take home.

This is the point where we found out just how frail and weak an 80+ year old is after a fall and several weeks in hospital. Very slowly and carefully we made our way out of the hospital to the car using her frame. Getting into the car was fun. Getting out of it was even more fun. Obviously the best way to get her safely "home" rather than something designed for the purpose of transporting frail folks about.

Anyway she's now safely installed at BIL's in a familiar house with family.

Take care all.

27th March 2022, 09:01	#164508
AndyN01 This is my second home Toyota RAV4 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tamworth Posts: 3,076 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,579 Times in 968 Posts	Morning all. Been missing for a day or so as fetch MIL out of hospital on Friday evening. For all of you with various illnesses, pains etc. hope all is going the right way and you're getting the help and support that you need. . For those of you enjoying various tasty delights you always make me feel hungry . The saga of MIL continues. Due to come home last Monday but fell going to the bathroom at 3am Sunday night/Monday morning so put on hold for physios to check mobility out - again. Eventually moved to Friday. Is there transport go get her from George Elliot in Nuneaton to close to Swadlincote in Derbyshire (brother in law's place)? No. . It's across county boundaries so er... no. The fact that it's only about 20 miles and that's where the ambulance came from to pick up up after the fall that broke her hip is irrelevant, apparently. We'll have to come and fetch her. Then the fun starts about when to pick her up. Left hand, right hand, left big toe and bottom clearly not talking to each other as we had a string of calls about all sorts of stuff culminating in one that asked for the phone number of her GP (presumably they don't have (a) that info in their records () or (b) Google, where they work). Then a call about what meds she is on - er I thought that was what they did? Then a call from MIL asking us to let them have the GP phone number and before we could phone back, a call to say she was ready to discharge from "now." So off we trot to Nuneaton. The ward staff were brilliant. Helpful, supportive and were prepared with everything that she needed to take home. This is the point where we found out just how frail and weak an 80+ year old is after a fall and several weeks in hospital. Very slowly and carefully we made our way out of the hospital to the car using her frame. Getting into the car was fun. Getting out of it was even more fun. Obviously the best way to get her safely "home" rather than something designed for the purpose of transporting frail folks about. Anyway she's now safely installed at BIL's in a familiar house with family. Take care all. __________________ Andy. http://www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk/ Last edited by AndyN01; 27th March 2022 at 09:07..