Hospital visit
Today I visited Stoke Mandeville to find her still very angry at everything, including me. The good thing is that she seems to be in less pain than previously. It looks as if they may move her back to the eye ward in the next few days. She hasn’t moved out of bed yet, since her operation. That’s a concern to me as I realise how much this could set her back. She was doing so well improving her independence. How long will it be before she can get moving around again? Will there be any long term ramifications to what has happened? It’s no wonder she is so frustrated. When she fell she was getting help from one nurse and she was very tired. They had been administering they eye drops throughout the nights.
The old woman down the corridor is still screaming out every few minutes. That could happen to any of us, in our lifetime. It’s always a humbling experience coming to hospital; it reminds us of how mortal we are. Stoke Mandeville has the National Spinal Injuries Centre and it’s amazing how many young people, teenagers and 20s, you see in wheelchairs. Some are completely paralyzed, each locked in their own particular battle.