Well folks, I could not wait any longer so phoned about my friend, her daughter answered.
She is the Health Visitor and with her knowledge and experience a plan has evolved with the hospital which sounds marvellous.
She could vouch fit her brother’s skill and dedication as she trained him
She lives on the other side of the country ,has four children ,two still at school.
On the basis that the pain from the fractured pelvis was so great ,and after an intensive
Intravenous( ?) course of anti - biotics for her chest infection ,then the repair will be done done when breathing is better.
She had eaten a little and the family want her home ,she was born in the house she lives in and wants to die there.
Her son is by now an expert in caring ,did it for his Dad and his Mum after
Covid 19, and if all things go well will again.
Things are still very uncertain and she is very ill ,but no one expected her to regain consciousness ,or rather to be brought out of the induced coma.
Just hope she copes with the anaesthetic .
So thanks again for your kind concern, I feel doubly sad for Jeff , no good outcome for he and his family .
At least she has been conscious for a time and seen her son and daughter , no one is sure if she collapsed because she went into a coma or what but she was not conscious when her son ,who sleeps upstairs ,found her.
She must have let the safety rail on her bed down ,there was no need to get out of bed ,she has incontinence pads etc.Everything to hand and a soft light on , alarm handy etc
We will see. Can only wait now and hope the op goes well.
The family at least have seen her and all are agreed she must go home even if that shortens her life by a little time .
At first no one was allowed in to the A&E Dept where she was and the family had visions of her dying alone ,which was upsetting for me so I can imagine
how her family felt.
Thanks again.
Had fresh Salmon for tea with new potatoes and some of the green beans my sister sent.They were lovely,I must phone to say that and let her know about my friend .
No plans for tomorrow ,weather uncertain , so probably will settle to writing letters I have put off doing.
All is clear in The Power if Attorney documents but Solicitor advised it is so much easier if in my hand it is written to each of the children that I do not want resuscitating , or putting on a life support machine.
There will be no falling out if one wants to and others don’t etc.
Not sure what to have tomorrow, got a ham joint in the freezer ,and some pork chops ,one of those perhaps ,the ham will be a good while defrosting .
Will bake I think, I like Victoria scones ,the old BeRo book ,vanilla flavour and a cherry on top of each quarter .
The recipe makes four rounds ,marked in quarters ,I give one round go next door and another to next door but one.
The eight quarters left will do me for a week ,I do try to keep sugar intake down.
Why are glacé cherries so dark nowadays?
They look burnt in top of cakes and the Victoria scones
Tesco coming on 1st Sept , yippee!
Yoghurts ,plain unsweetened ,so guilt free relatively speaking.
I must make a card for my friend, I have all the gear ,from when grandchildren were young and we had them every school holiday .
Card ,glue, glitter, tissue in every colour you can imagine ,ribbons, D’oyleys
Paints etc etc.
Card cutter at the back of the cupboard ,but the A4 card when folded is bigger than the envelopes I have,so card cutter needed.
Cheerio folks, I am aware my friend is not out of danger yet but the plan worked out satisfies her family and that is most important.
A fair chance she will get home even if for only a short while.
Thanks again you have been so kind , it is good Jeff also felt he could tell us,
and I am so sorry his son did not get through.
That is very different to a ninety three year old ,very different.
Goodnight and hope you sleep well.
I will a do a bit better tonight .
I hope Jeff gets some sleep.
Viktoria.
