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[Closed] In hospital waiting for an op - are they taking the pee?

dirtyrider · 2015-05-24T08:38:59Z

my patience is wearing thin, infact I've cracked a couple of times, but timeline as follows 18th Monday • Fall off bike just before 10am – foot poking in wrong direction • 1020am, first responder arrives, 11am ambulance collects deliver to A+E • 230pm first xray – 2x breaks to fibula, 1x break to tibia, possible ligament damage, but will not know until op • 3pm – plaster room, reset, back slab fitted • 330pm - 2nd xray • 430pm – transferred to ward 11 • leg iced and elevated form 4:30pm 19th Tuesday • nil by mouth from 3am • consultant says no operation today, op will be open reduction, internal fixation, its too swollen to be reviewed later in week • 24 hours in bed, leg elevated and iced 20th Wednesday • no consultant contact • 24 hours in bed leg elevated and iced 21st Thursday • 8am consultant, still too swollen • late afternoon moved from side room to dorm • 24 hours in bed, leg elevated and iced 22nd Friday • woke by staff member at 2:20am to take BP • no am consultant contact, visits later in day, still swollen to be reviewed during weekend by on call • 8pm fever, temp spikes to 38.9 • moved from ward 11 to ward 10 as its busy • woke at 11pm by staff member to take BP, asked why my curtain was closed, • 24 hours in bed, leg elevated and iced • 23rd Saturday • nil by mouth from 3am • no consultant contact, • nurse states at 12:20pm OP cancelled as theatre is busy • 24 hours in bed, leg elevated and iced 24th Sunday • nil by mouth from 3am • 830am, consultant state incision point still swollen, to be reviewed Monday 25th so ive been sat here, it will be a week since the break tomorrow, i feel like I'm being fobbed off, or down the list because its deemed non urgent, how long are they going to leave me? the swelling is right down, how much do they expect it to go down seeing as its broken,

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wanmankylung

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Hopefully the physio has done a stairs assessment with you if you're off home.

Posted : 26/05/2015 5:05 pm

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