Sigh and now there is nothing again, I seem to have had my flurry of activity and now nada; dr Narula arrived expressed his concern, left with statement I'll go, you look to be in a great deal of distress...(I'm in flipping agony)

Pathology arrive, they are supposed to have taken blood for COAG, path used her 2 attempts & couldn't get blood, I said it can be drawn from the Picc line but you need the nurses who have been trained. Nurse comes in, says no sorry, she's on plasma - disappears, another nurse appears & disconnects the plasma so now I'm on nothing. Meantime physio turns up & says Shiite you look terrible & I can see your in pain, he gets a nurse who gives me pain relief temgesic (not working)

Main nurse comes back over an hour or more has passed she's on her own, still doesn't connect the plasma, notices I've made my bed - Had to, bad night, blood, vomit, staining and sweating I said I've had my shower as I had to clean up, I know they will be here soon for the coag bloods & I couldn't get back into that bed in that state, main nurse on verge of tears, very frazzled, also feel guilty to have let me down, admits she saw me taking care of the bed. I said please don't worry, we're all in this together.

On-call doctor arrives (wow beautiful lady) she can't get blood from veins in my arms /wrist / back of hand, another pathologist arrives, she has 2 attempts, nothing. I ask for a heat pack thingy, I stick it on my stocking foot. Suggest everyone breathe, wait a moment, enjoy the smell of the flowers, they look at me like I've lost it. I say to the on-call doctor you're allowed to draw from the foot, pathologist blanches and says we're not, I say no but she is. On-call doctor sees where I'm going with this, whips off the stocking dock & while the pathologist is onto her main room with a "I can't get it voice" oncall can't either, & voila, oncall sings triumphantly got it....

Everyone disappears, head nurse comes to my room and says I'm going to call you trouble from now on, but your blood has gone off and they will be tracking it do you should be called down to surgery soon. I agree & suggest given they will need to again knock me out and need a vein, can I have another hot pack for my other glove, so when I go, both hands will have heat packs on & a better chance of getting vein access.

Meanwhile still no plasma reconnection and my pain has worsened..... I'm over this, the oncall doctor came back in a few moments ago & said thank you for taking control in there

I asked head nurse 4 hours ago should I be fasting - no answer as yet, soft nutritional food has just arrived, I ask am I allowed to be eating that, should I be fasting, she doesn't know, I'll go ask...


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Harsha with on-call doctor arrive, he says I'll be down to surgery soon, I say to him as the food is there should I be fasting. He says yes. Tick one. I also said to him is the oncall doctor his, he said yes, so I said you should be proud, she is very professional & competent. He says thanks. Then he says, we want to get your numbers right (I have no idea what that means) we'll drain the abcess & you might need more blood but I can stop the methotrexate (makes you go to the loo!!) I'm away for a few days now so I may get you back in to my rooms as I'm hopeful you willl be home by then. (Whew so am I) I have no clue when I'll go home, I hope to be out by Friday.

Nursing staff come in, suddenly there is loads of them, yes your fasting, well remove the food & the water jugs, I ask if the one specifically prepped for me with lemon can remain, and given I'm the one who keeps asking about fasting I'm unlikely to drink it. Everyone agrees.

Nurse goes to connect plasma, I say no, I'm fasting, we all laugh. A very frazzled morning indeed. I can barely keep my eyes open, think I'll sleep. Feel I've won the marathon....