[kj] O/T Thanks for the messages

[Brendan]

Heartbreaking and sickening, absolutely. Brian by the way you describe it
I can tell you handled the situation well, to your great credit. I'd
probably be up on a charge. Thanks for sharing, and consolances on your
loss.


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> That's both heartbreaking and sickening.  Not surprised you're feeling

> bitter about it.

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> Jamie

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Brian Whitehead <bawhitehead at gmail.com>

> To: Gathering <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:20

> Subject: [kj] O/T Thanks for the messages

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> Thanks for all the mails of sympathy.

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> A rant:

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> My dad (88) was in and out of hospital 3 times over the last few weeks

> because as soon as was discharged he went straight back in. He’d had a

> heart attack just before Christmas which he survived which resulted in him

> having a pacemaker fitted.

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> At his last hospital stay: I went round to visit him last Friday at around

> 3:30pm and as I walked into the ward I saw a forlorn figure slumped in a

> chair in the waiting room in front of a TV with kids TV on surrounded by

> his bags and belongings – my dad. They were discharging him again!!!!!

> It was just a case of waiting from his medication to arrive from the

> hospital pharmacy and then they’d get an ambulance to take him home.

> He’d been there since around 1pm and they had not contacted me or my

> sister to let us know, they had absolutely no idea of his circumstances at

> home, whether he had food in or even if he had a key to get in.

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> I sat with him until 6:30 when his medication finally arrived and by which

> time he was getting very desperate and just wanted to lie down. There is

> no way I could put him through another couple of hours sat in that chair

> waiting for an ambulance to take him home so I grabbed a wheel chair and

> pushed him through the maze of the hospital and to my car on the car park.

> It was a massive struggle as it was cold windy and rainy but I eventually

> managed to get him home and sat in his favorite chair. I was just about to

> getting the heating sorted out when he started to complain of chest pains

> – his heart was giving in again. Long story short – called 999 and

> within a hour of arriving back home he was back in the hospital battling

> for his life, which he eventually lost around 12 hours later.

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> In off the reord chats with staff they tell me that the pressures on the

> helath service and to free up space is even greater with the cuts. So if I

> hear another politician use the phrase "We're all in this together", when

> certain sections of commerce are earnig huge profits again, I'll explode.

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> Do I sound bitter...yes, good.

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> Rant over

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> Brian.

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