(little update) Crappy night. 

"Svend" (svend) 01/09/2018 at 11:20 • Filed to: None

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Just got home from night shift, but not quite from work. Had a diversion on the way.

Got a call at work at 4am from my step-dad to say my mum was in hospital. Asked if things were okay, he says she was ‘cold and clammy’ and to phone him if I need anything. Get a missed call a few minutes later, try phoning back, no answer, this happened five more times. Phoned CIC A&E, no answer, phone again saying no answer at A&E, get a Ward Sister, and told to come to the hospital, it’s worse than initially thought.

Arrive, one of the emergency Registrar’s is giving all dome and gloom, ‘it’s touch and go’, ‘if she goes into cardiac arrest we may not be able to save her’, etc...

Turns out she may have a virus that caused her blood pressure to spike and cause some blood to go onto the lungs.

I know they have to prepare you but as an ex-ambulance tech of over eight years, just give me the information.

She stabilises but in pain from her fibromialgia, but they can’t give her anything till they find what is happening.

So after four hours sat in Resusc with her, I’ve come home to grab a bit of shut eye.

Just needed to rant, sorry. Have a frosty Piglet in the A&E car park.

((EDIT)) She’s not out the woods just yet and she’s been put on either ITU (multiple organ monitoring) or HDU (single organ monitoring). One doctor wanted her on ITU another on HDU. I know she’s on a coronary care unit at present but no further.

I know it’s not the time but it’s times like this I’m incredibly grateful for universal health care. Ambulance and paramedic car would on scene in four minutes apparently. Three doctors and nurses monitoring her straight off with an emergency doctor only seconds away.

Thanks for all the supportive messages.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svend 01/09/2018 at 03:12

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not good news, but i’m hoping she pulls through for you.

Goggles Pizzano > Svend 01/09/2018 at 03:18

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Very sorry to hear that. No need to apologize for your rant. Helpful for some people to express. I hope you’re taking the day off from work tomorrow...

Svend > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/09/2018 at 03:30

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Thanks mate.

She’ll pull through. She has to, she’s my mum.

She’s a stubborn old bird and she ain’t going anywhere she doesn’t want to go.

Svend > Goggles Pizzano 01/09/2018 at 03:36

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Thanks mate.

It’s the first time something like this has happened and your like, ‘no, this is my mum, not someone elses, this ones mine, back off’.

I work nights and it’s probably for the best I go to work to keep going through the motions rather than sitting and going through the Emotions.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Svend 01/09/2018 at 04:26

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Very sorry to hear that. :(

Best wishes to all of you, I hope she pulls through.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Svend 01/09/2018 at 04:48

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My thoughts are with you mate, hope she pulls through.

DutchieDC2R > Svend 01/09/2018 at 04:49

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Fuck man.

All the best to you and her...

Svend > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 01/09/2018 at 07:42

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Thanks mate.

Svend > DutchieDC2R 01/09/2018 at 07:43

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Thanks mate.

Svend > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 01/09/2018 at 07:44

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Thank you mate.

WilliamsSW > Svend 01/09/2018 at 08:00

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Thoughts and prayers for your mum - hope she makes a full recovery.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Svend 01/09/2018 at 10:12

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This is no bueno. I hope the best for you and here.

Svend > WilliamsSW 01/09/2018 at 10:24

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Cheers mate.

I’ve told her she ain’t going no where.

Svend > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 01/09/2018 at 10:25

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Cheers mate. Appreciated.

crowmolly > Svend 01/09/2018 at 10:34

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Damn man, sorry to hear that. Hope it’s all good in the end.

WilliamsSW > Svend 01/09/2018 at 10:41

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Good! She’s got a lot more to do - keep us posted!

Svend > crowmolly 01/09/2018 at 11:01

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Thanks I’ve told her she ain’t going nowhere.

Svend > WilliamsSW 01/09/2018 at 11:11

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Will do.

She’s on either an ITU or HDU ward. One doctor said she could go to ITU but another doctor wanted to put her on HDU keep a closer eye.

$kaycog > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:20

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We’re here for you, Svend.

Svend > $kaycog 01/09/2018 at 11:22

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Cheers lass.

I just want her to be here too.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:27

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I can relate. 41 yo dad has lupus and heart and kidney and brain cancer and had a stroke and was hospitalized all of last November. He wasn’t gonna make it but somehow pulled up last second. It was hard on everyone but we all had hopeful thoughts and supported him the whole way. You and her have me and my family’s support as well. Hope everything turns out well. We all have your back here at Oppo.

Svend > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 01/09/2018 at 11:31

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Cheers mate, it’s appreciated.

I don’t want to sound like a mummies boy but I don’t know what I’d do without her.

I can do without the rest of the family (her side) who are all self centred and a stain on humanity but my mum has always been there, mostly to tell me off.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:36

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Same here! My mom is the black sheep of her family, and that’s a good thing in this case. I don’t know what to do without her or my dad. Especially since I’m only 14, losing even one of them would leave me shattered for life, it seems like. I would be stuck with my mom’s family, who are also self centered and just bitchy in general.

Svend > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 01/09/2018 at 11:41

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I’m 38 and still need my mum from time to time. I think she needs me more, to sort out her computer after she’s KO’d on the keyboard of her laptop and woken up having somehow reoriented her display (I still have no idea how she does it) or fixing the TV because it’s ‘playing funny games (acting up)) but she, ‘hasn’t done anything, ‘hasn’t touched anything to cause it’, etc... (family and electronics ay).

I probably wouldn’t see any of my family again if it wasn’t for her gluing me to them.

Wacko > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:44

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It’s always the time to tell how grateful we are of universal health care.

health care shouldn’t be privilege. it should be a right.

As a Canadian I find it insane that my neighbors to the south still doesn’t get the benefits of universal health care. that and the metric system.

hope all goes well with your mom.

boredalways > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:47

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Best wishes to your mum and you and yours, Svend.

Svend > Wacko 01/09/2018 at 11:53

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So true. It should be a right but should never be a given and taken for granted.

In regards to the metric bit, in the U.K. we are dual metric and imperial. Lol.

Thanks it’s appreciated.

random001 > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:54

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Hey Svend, I hope your mom get better. I’m pulling for her.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:55

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This is creepy. Our moms are eerily similar xD

Wacko > Svend 01/09/2018 at 11:56

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you guys use imperial for speed and distance?

you guys use metric for temp?

Svend > Wacko 01/09/2018 at 12:20

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Imperial for distance (*but we also have Driver Location Signs, on motorways and A roads for breakdown needs, etc...) , metric and imperial for food, metric for temperature.

* Driver location sign, located every 500 metres.

Line A, denotes what road/motorway,

Line B, denotes what direction, A or B (may also be J, K, L or M if it’s a spur road or slip road depending on direction and location),

Line C, denotes how far you are from a given location.

Captain of the Enterprise > Svend 01/09/2018 at 12:52

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I’m sorry to hear. I sincerely wish the best for you and your family.

Chariotoflove > Svend 01/09/2018 at 12:55

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I’m quite a bit older than you and still not ready to lose my mom.

Saying prayers for her.

Svend > Captain of the Enterprise 01/09/2018 at 13:14

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Thanks mate, appreciated.

Svend > Chariotoflove 01/09/2018 at 13:15

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Thanks mate.

It’s true what they say about sons and mums, daughters and dads.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Svend 01/09/2018 at 16:44

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Sending well wishes to you and yours mate :(

Svend > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/09/2018 at 16:49

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Cheers mate.

By all accounts she’s improving and they want to re-access towards the end of the week.

smobgirl > Svend 01/09/2018 at 21:06

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Hoping for good news soon and a speedy recovery. Let us know if you need anything. We’re all here for you!

Svend > smobgirl 01/09/2018 at 21:26

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Thanks. It really is appreciated.

She’s by all accounts showing some improvements, they are saying she’s getting some colour back in her skin but she’s on 100% oxygen, which will do that, she’s sleeping a lot but that’s down to her medication for her fibromialgia, so I’m not sure yet. They are keeping her in and will re-access towards the end of the week.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Svend 01/10/2018 at 13:50

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Man that is rough. I hope they figure it out quickly for all your sakes.

Here is to some good news and a speedy recovery. Need anything let me know, I know a pond and times zones away isn’t much help, but anything I can do let me know.

Svend > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/10/2018 at 14:22

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Cheers mate, it’s appreciated.

Just come back from seeing her. She’s out for the count.

She had some fluid put in her arm which caused her some pain and then she started leaning forward which put a strain on the line into her arm and as the blood is hanging from a machine on a pole attached to the bed and not free standing, unless she leans back (which she won’t because she’s stubborn and finds it more comfortable to lean forward) they are just going to have to keep an eye on it.

Families ay.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Svend 01/10/2018 at 14:47

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Hey that is the first cheers mate I’ve ever gotten.

Yeah. I know stubborn women (looking at you mom). At least it sounds like you have a caring and hard working staff there.

Families.... yeah

Svend > CaptDale - is secretly British 01/10/2018 at 15:05

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Do you guys not says cheers as an alternative to thanks or thank you?

We say it if someone gives something whether it’s a drink, food, mint, support or even holds the door open.

Sometimes it’ll be, ‘cheers mate, nice one’ or even both a cheers and thanks together such as ‘cheers mate, thanks’.

The ward has five nurses, doctors and other staff for four patients and more monitors and alarms than NASA and an Apollo mission.

Ye’, you can’t tell a mother to do anything because they just tell you off and say, ‘I’m the mother, your the child, do as I say, not as I do’.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Svend 01/10/2018 at 17:36

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Not really, cheers is almost 100% reserved for literally clinking glasses of alcoholic beverages together.

Well I am glad to hear she is covered then. Sounds like a good outfit.

Yup the classic, “practice what I preach, not what I do”