Not a good Saturday

First the problems with the cost of sorting out the headlight on the car.

Next, Dad. He had his usual visit from the carers to get him out of bed. The the nurse called round to change his catheter. About 20 minutes after she'd gone mum noticed that it was collecting blood not urine. She puts in a call to the "Out of Hours" medical service, who say that they'll get the district nurse to call. When she doesn't show mum phones 999 for paramedic assistance. The paramedics get there about the same time I do with Andy. They check all his life sings, make a call and determine that the nurse is on her way. Nurse eventually turns up only to say he has to go into hospital, by now he is starting to deteriorate. Another 999 call and an ambulance and crew from Ilkeston turns up. Not much good as their ambulance has seats only, no stretchers. They can't give morphine, so the first crew are summonded back. All through this Dad's life signs are being monitored and his temperature is rising rapidly, his breathing is rapid and short and he's starting to shake uncontrolably.

....anyway the short of it is that after 4.5 hours of messing about he ended up in the Medical Assessment ward at the City Hospital, just one room away from where he was earlier in the year. I'm taking mother up to see him between 14:00 - 16:00 Sunday. See the thread above called "But a better Sunday".