Nellie

Firstly, I wanted to say a very big thank you to all of the kind and thoughtful comments that you took the time to leave yesterday.  I will get back to you in my usual fashion, but computer time is restricted at the mo (hence constantly posting a day late and then backdating – is that very bad?).  So…..

Thank you.

Granny was no better today than yesterday, but also no worse.  She’s not in pain but she can’t get up on her own and she’s not eating or drinking enough.  She’s unhappy, bored, lonely, tired and frustrated that she can’t just get up and do what she wants to do when she wants to do it.  I wanted to pick her up and take her home with me.

The best thing that could happen would be for her to be moved from the large hopsital she’s in to a smaller community hospital where she will be looked after, in my opinion, with much more regard for her as a person rather than a patient.  The ward she’s in seems to be a conveyor belt where each patient is “seen to” in turn.  I can’t articulate how angry, frustrated and sad I am to see these people, all of them elderly women, looked on as just another box to tick in the charts.  Another job to complete before the staff go off shift.  I have had mixed experiences with the NHS but mostly, when it’s been treatment for the boy, I couldn’t fault it and I really appreciate that it’s a service that we don’t have to pay for.  I know that there are wonderful people that work in hospitals (and all the other services) but there just don’t seem to be many on Granny’s ward.   Sigh.

One thing that did make me smile today was this ginormous (yes, that is a word) picture in one of the stairwells.

And thank you to lovely S who sent me a link to this elephant.  Sadly I fear you’ve vastly overestimated my skills!  This is more my standard.

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