TUESDAY 23rd/WEDNESDAY 24th /
FEBRUARY 2016.
NEWSFLASH; BRENDA AT THE HOSPITAL AGAIN !
Late on Monday evening we had another
problem, Brenda could not put her one good foot, the left, down, she was in extreme
pain, earlier ‘Daniela’ had dropped off a Wheel Chair, on hire, from the Charity
Shop in Sabinillas where she is the Secretary of the ‘St.George’s Charity’ It was impossible to get her up from the bed and into the chair, she was screaming
so I had to call an ambulance from the Hospital over past Marbella.
It arrived at 12-20 am with only one ‘Medic’-
I had told them that she was upstairs and could not move, so he had to call the
‘Policia Local’ and two came along and helped carry Brenda out down the stairs
to the ambulance waiting outside in the street! We arrived at the ‘Costa Del Sol’
Hospital at 1-30 am and they took Brenda way into the Infirmary – ‘7 HOUR’ later she had still not been seen by a Doctor!
They would not let any family members into the Infirmary so the first I saw her
was at 8-30 am when the ‘Trauma Consultant’ came along, he acted very quickly,
apologized and put Brenda in a private room, she was then X-Rayed immediately and
he confirmed that it was not broken it was a bad strain with some muscle damage,
no plaster or bandages needed and she was put on Saline & Pain Drips! So by
9-30 am she looked a lot better and the ambulance was called for to bring us
back home to sunny Manilva – this is where the problems started all over again,
they sent one ‘Medic’ not two, as requested by the ‘Risk Assessment’ – twice this
happened and our Consultant was very upset and apologized again for the ‘Brakedown’
in the system! He sent along lunch for us from the Hospital Kitchens, Cream
Soup & Bread, Seared Pork Escalope with small/diced/fried Potatoes, with
Yoghurt & Water – 7/10 !!
Once again at 4-40 pm another ambulance
arrived still with only one ‘Medic’ not the two as promised, by then I was
rather exasperated and said that we had enough and we were going home no matter
what after ‘7 HOURS’ waiting!! We arrived home by 6.30 pm and I helped carry
her with the ‘Medic’ on the wheeled stretcher into our lounge, he then lifted
her in the waiting wheel chair – RESULT!! I then made us a strong cup of English
Tea!
I then made up a bed, under the directions
of Brenda, on the large settee and she then got under the covers and settled
down, we then did a practise bathroom run to the toilet, with a little difficulty,
practise makes perfect! Lumy & her Sister from Barcelona,who has just
retired ( Teacher ) called in to see her and stayed for a nice chat, Lumy
helped me make up the bed in our bedroom with fresh sheets, which I then collapsed
into later, we then watched the third episode of “ Happy Valley “ after having
a light supper of a ‘Minute Steak’. See below Brenda settled into the wheel chair!!
This morning after breakfast I shot out
along to the ‘Tebac’ to top up both of our ‘Pay as You Go’ Mobile Phones and on
the way back my tablets from the Chemists, I spotted some fresh ‘Cream Cakes’
in ‘Bar Ocana’ also, everywhere I go, of course, the local stop me to ask how
is Brenda so they get the full up to date tale and have started calling in to
see her again! We are having soup for lunch and then this evening its going to
be warm “ Melton Mowbray “ Pork Pies ( Iceland ! )
Tim has just called on the Skype video from
Old Colwyn in North Wales and we have spoken to the two sisters Norah &
Jenny, over in England on the landline. Mano & Anna called in later in the afternoon for a catch up on our ' Adventure'
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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