ARRRRGGHHHH x10

Are you allowed to BURNINATE hospitals?? Well. Not so much the hospital as the STUPID FUCKING CONSULTANT who, after whisking mum in on TWELVE HOURS notice and saying the op would be this friday, swanned in this morning to say he'd FORGOTTEN he already HAD an op to do on friday so it'd probably be next week sometime and she can go home.

He FORGOT he already had an operation scheduled. FORGOT.

So now we are in minor panic mode as to
a. how to GET mum home - I am not sure she and the neck brace will fit in my car, my sister can't pick her up today because she'd have to bring the baby and thus have even less room and my brother's car is a work one and thus manky and full of tools.
b. she needs a fair bit of care at home and we have no idea if they can sort that by this afternoon
c. even I would have trouble sorting out the time off work, someone to feed the cats and someone to sort out the horse on FOUR HOURS NOTICE. ffs.

They are awaiting to get the physio, OT and social worker to assess her and the SW will apparently be sorting out what care she needs at home and *if* they get that sorted she could be going home today. Maybe. OR, maybe not. Who knows??
I had to apologise to the nurse who was v. nice and I was... possibly not so nice. It's not her fault after all.

Not to mention of course the huge amount of extra stress this will be piling on Mum. Just what she needs right now, eh?

That fucking consultant tho. JESUS. HE FORGOT.
Right. better actually go to work, since may have to have lots of time off now at v. short notice...

I HAVE RUN OUT OF AAARRGGGGHH

What a day .So much fun. Mostly, on phone to hospital, mum, various family, who in their turn were phoning nurses, carer people, etc...

Evenutally established she could stay in tonight and sister would pick her up tomorrow. Phew.

Then, get a call to say they need the bed so they are moving her. To a different ward? No. AHAHAHAHHA No.
To a DIFFERENT FUCKING HOSPITAL. For ONE night.
Except they would have to wait til this evening to get St. John's ambulance to do it and that could take a few hours til one was free.

After brief conference with sister we decided Fuck That Shite, she phoned lovely helpful community care lady who siad she can start carers tomorrow morning so am going down there now to bring her home this evening. And apologise to poor nurse who has spent most of the day on phone to one or other of us. ANd kill consultant if I find him.

If anyone wants me later, I shall be in a corner, Screaming at a wall.