hospitalization Part1

After my Eastender's moment. I phoned shell, got Alec to park my Defender on Matt's drive. I'm still in A&E. Awaiting transfer to the ward. My name on the 4 hour screen changes to red, I had been in the dept for over 4 hours when the porter come to take me to the ward.

As I am being wheeled up to the ward in wheelchair, I wonder why I just cant walk. My legs are fine, I have been walking fine. But a porter has to wheel me up to the ward, how embarrassing. I could feeling my face going red.

On the ward, I was being booked in when the Kim lead nurse turned up on the ward, The funny looks you get when a hematology nurse from ward 23H turns up looking for you. I do wonder if they thought she was there for a problem with me. In a little office on the ward. We got down to business. Signing forms talking about Kim's treatment, my illness and its timing.

By the time we had finished. My dad turned up with nightwear and it other bits you need to during a stay in hospital. A swap was taken from my nose to test for MRSA during this dad waves the hat I have with me with the name of the first aid organization I volunteer for on the front. Thanks dad!!

I had a bed near the window over looking A&E, Dad had gone. I found there was no earphones for the bed radio system. You know the ones just tubes no electrical bits. I look around and wonder if I could find the following one oxygen tube, medical tape, and a pair of tuff cut scissors to make some earphones.*

With boredom setting in I when for a smoke then headed up to see Kim. I was washing my hands, one of the staff is looking at my wrist the one with my patent tag on. As I enter the isolation room Kim chuckles at me and says “what you like”. I grin and reply don't start. I sit down to to talk with kim and watch tv, as I do I wonder if this pain running from my venflon into my shoulder should be there.

*I will have a go at doing that one day.

Am I in eastenders - Part 4

As I get into the cubical a wave of pain reminds me that I'm not well. As I slide onto the bed the thoughts of Kim where blocked out by the pain and the tiredness that filled my body. As I try and fail to get comfortable on the bed the time starts ticking for the A&E dept.

I lost track of time. The medical shock that my body had gone though had taken it out of me. I was dosing off. When I went to the loo I knew I been there for just over an hour from the four hour target screen*. Test happened, bloods, x rays, etc.

Placing the Venflon was a difficult thing. After the multi able failed attempts to get it into the back of my hands, although it felt like it was trying to though them. The member of staff gives up and puts it into my right arm. Due to the pain I'm in I don't realize the how much I would come to hate that Venflon.

I look up at the X ray machine, humming away above the table. The hum changes tone as it takes a snap of my guts and other internal organs. As this is going on I am wonder about what happening with Kim. What Shell is thinking about this, and should I smile for the X ray camera. How the hell the last one got in there is anyone guess!!

Back in A&E I have a wave of pain in my back and the feeling of a full bladder shorty after. Wandering back from the loo I look at my name on the Four hour target screen, I had been in their lovely care for 2hr 50mins. Oh well, smoke and phone shell I think. Quick note in left the cubical and outside.

There I stand, hospital gown, unzipped fleece, work trousers and steel toe cap work boots. I think it will be in the next collection for the discerning patent. Yeah right! I look a bit stupid but I really did not care. Shell tells me Kim finds it funny, trust her and thought I was unwell. I could hear shells mum in the background. I just felt so helpless, stuck in A&E until they knew what was wrong with me.

I was lying on the bed in the cubical when the A&E doctor appears. She smiles and tells me they know what wrong. I have Kidney stones and I and going to be admitted. She leaves for the time being. I lay back look at the ceiling and think

AM I IN EASTENDERS... Duff Duff Duff (theme tune continues) fade to black.

* A big screen that puts unneeded pressure on to over worked A&E Staff to get 98% of patents out of A&E in under 4 hours.

Am I in eastenders - Part 3

The Blue lights tint the living room ceiling as I think about the readings. Blood pressure error less than readable, Oxygen level 94%, Pulse 30 bpm.* my god this is not good. A member of the ambulance service arrives beside me and assesses the illness**. He stands up with a look that says, 'Hospital investigation'. I close my eyes for a second when I open them there is him Matt and two crew. Standing side by side, like the four horse men of the apocalypse.

I am told what the paramedics† face said. I needed to go in for further investigation. My heart could not sunk any lower, if it could of it would of.

I walked to the ambulance, unsteady and in pain. And sit down in the chair. Mat puts my bag and coat into the ambulance and the door slides shut with a clunk. The attending crew member pulls out a blue bag. Entonox a pain reliving gas. And starts to ask me question, I already know them as I am medical gases trained. So to save time I told him that I had no contra-indicators, Know what is it and how to use it.

As I move the mouth piece up to my face, I wondering. I have given this drug to many people over the years in my volunteering. But never needed to use it myself. And now I am going to find out what it feels like to use. Into my mouth goes the bite bit and I start to breath it in deeply.

Wow, I check I've got my seat belt on to hold me to the chair, I'm sure my bum is lifting from it. I feel like I'm floating. The vehicle moves off and the attendant start asking the usual question. Bloody hell I sound like I'm drunk.

I am sucking on it well. That means one thing. Taking too much of it into my system. Arrrr, Itchy teeth first symptom of having too much. So I stop, the attendant tells me to carry on using it and nods when I tell him I had too much, I got itchy teeth. They stop and I carry on with it, a bit of a mistake.

The feeling sick part of having too much arrived, I pull out the vombag†† that Mat gave me when I was in his front room. And proceed to umm, use it. Ambulance crews are very happy when you don't cover there vehicle with your breakfast or any other meal of the day. I look up after finishing to see him holding out some tissue. As I wipe my mouth he asks if I feel better for it as I look better for it. I did. I saw myself in a refection and I was look a bit more heather than before.

The ambulance pulls up at A&E. As I get off, I look up at the window of the Isolation room Kim was in and wondered, how my illness would affect looking after her. As I am wheeled into the building my thoughts turn to whats wrong with me.

*Health Oxygen levels are 99 to 97% and 60 to 80 ppm (beats per minute) at rest. Off the top of my head

** I will save you from the boredom of what I remember of it

† I think he was a paramedic

†† vomit (sick) bag