Tricks of the mind and hospitals

[LissacFrance]

I was pleased to see another poem from Don, and I replied to say that I would write anoter short tale. The only problem was that later in te day I could not remember what I was going to write about. We had the vet out yesterday to look at one of our horses and he left a bandage around his neck. While walking the dogs this morning I saw the horse complete with bandage and it reminded me of my wife and the tale I was going to tell. And, before anybody says anything, no my wife does not look like the horse.

Last year my wife had a 24 hour stay in hospital for minor intervention. All went well and at the end of the fay given the allclear to go home. She didn`t need telling twice, so very quickly off the bed, coat on and ready to go. We said thank you and goodbye to the nurses and then headed back to te car. The hospital we were at in Toulouse is built on a very steep hillside. From the room where my wife was, we had a walk of about 50 yards to the lifts, then down 3 floors to get to ground floor. From the lift to the outside is a walk of about 200 yards. Once outside a furter walk across a bridge towards the car par and then another lift to go down about another 3 floors to ground level. Only a short walk to the car. A lovely warm day so my wife wanted to remover her jumper and much to her horror discovered that there was still a canula in her arm. A bit like the horse with one left intentionally in his neck.

We did not fancy a return trip back to the ward so I offered to remove it once back home. Wife was not impressed with the idea.

We went ome and called the District Nurse, who came in the evening to remove the canula, at no charge.

Very good service from her, and we duly informed the hospital of the error.

Have a good day everybody, Chris.

[sassy59]

Canula removal can keep a person in hospital for hours after discharge here Chris because everyone seems too busy to remove it. Hope your dear wife is ok and the horse too.

Take care, Carole xxx😘

[LissacFrance in reply to sassy59]

Thank you, yes my wife more or less OK. Our GP thinks we have both suffered from Long Covid, but not too serious. The horse not quite so sure. The next 48 hours will tell us more. He has possibly had ragwort poisoning, but difficult to tell, other than his liver is in a bad state. The vet has left the canula in so that we can put in another 2l of Ringer solution to help flush the liver.

[sassy59 in reply to LissacFrance]

Poor horse Chris, hope he’ll be ok. Glad you and your wife are doing better. Xxx😘

[Ern007 in reply to sassy59]

Canulas a sore point with me - making in hole for the canula last time in hospital, he popped a veid and never said, just put a plaster on. when I got home it was loose and blood everywhere it had flowed out of hole and we had not realsed until we saw floor. Anne put the larger plaster on then secured with plaster tape...

[sassy59 in reply to Ern007]

That’s terrible Ern. Not good practice xxx

[Ern007 in reply to sassy59]

No it was my last Cystoscopy - To push a needle through a vein is not really on, he did not even warn me xxx

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[Izb1]

You must be so pleased that your wife is back home now Chris, although I can imagine in her haste to get out of there finding the canula still in must have been a bit of a shock. The last time I had a canula it was in my wrist and hurt like hell , my vein has now disappeared so they won't be able to use that one again. Sorry to hear your horse is poorly and hope he gets better soon x

[Alberta56]

I enjoyed the first part of your story, but not the gruesome cannula bit. how could the doc be so careless? Glad you and your wife are both OK now and hope the horse soon recovers.

[PaperQueen]

Canulas! Really wary of them after one was not inserted correctly before having an angiogram. They started pumping something into me and my heart rate went through the roof and my head felt like it would explode. They panicked and did something to bring it down but gave me the wrong dose in their rush, 10x more than they should have, so my heart rate fell like a stone. All very unpleasant! Hope your wife is OK now and the horse recovers. x

[LissacFrance in reply to PaperQueen]

Sounds like fun🙃When I had an angio, no problems at all. But, when I had a stress test, instead of being on a treadmill or riding a bike, I opted for a perfusion. They gradally injected something, similar to adrenaline and wound my eart rate up to 140. No ill effects other than slight dizziness once I tried to walk. Main thin was the result OK. And yet, people still ask why maths is important for doctors. Have a good day, Chris.

[PaperQueen in reply to LissacFrance]

Yes, I was given the all clear, thankfully. x