Back In Hospital

Jan 222010

It’s Official – Hospitals Are Boring!!

Well, haven’t I had a really exciting couple of days? I was due to be admitted into the Walton Centre on Wednesday so that my Warfarin could be stopped ready for my Op on Monday. The letter said get here by 10am but it also said to speak to the Bed Manager before you leave (but after 0830hrs). Well, of course, it’s a 5 hour drive from home to Liverpool so this was a problem!

I phoned the Bed Manager on Tuesday and explained the situation. She said it was not necessary for me to be there by 10am and suggested I call her back at 0930 the next morning

When I called on Wednesday morning they said “Come Down!”

So imagine my surprise when I arrived at 2pm to the news that there were no beds! Mmmm, I was not Mr Happy. Luckily there’s an ‘in house’ hotel within the hospital complex down here so it was easy enough to get me a bed, the problem was that the Doc didn’t want to stop my Warfarin when I wasn’t on the ward. He decided it would be OK to stop my it the day after, so the problem was sorted but since I didn’t stop the Warfarin, I could have come down a day later instead!

A Bed At Last

I was finally booked into a bed last night and immediately give a Heparin jag to replace the Warfarin that was now stopped.

Everything settled down quite nicely, the ward was quiet and the staff very friendly. Apparently the hospital policy for my type of surgery says that I should stay in a single side room to cut any chance of infection. The problem had been that there were no side rooms available and rather than put me on the open ward, they preferred the idea of me staying in the hotel.

Of course, this also led to problem with the Warfarin, so in the end they had to compromise and put me in a quiet corner of the ward.

All Change!

When the night shift came in, they decided to put their own stamp on proceedings. They had an emergency coming in which meant they needed my bed space. I had to be moved. Guess where to?……. A single Side Room!!

So here I am. Sitting in peace and quiet, with nothing much to do. I have to wait for the Warfarin to get out of my system before the Op can go ahead. At the moment this is planned for Monday.