As some of you know Brittany was off to Chestnut tree house for 3 nights this weekend. Well fri night was fine and we went for dinner in Arundel and came back home for drinks in front of the telly and then saturday we decided to get the train to Brighton. We had a wander round and then ventured into the lanes for dinner and wine, in the middle of the dinner we got a phone call from Chestnut to say Brittany's feeding button has dropped out can we deliver them another one!!! No we're in Brighton! I rang my parents who went to our house got the spare button drove it to Chestnut and all was fine so we carried on enjoying ourselves and then got the train home. On the way home they rang again to say it had fallen out once more and the hole was closing and they would have to get an ambulance to Worthing hosp and could we meet them there with another button! Luckily we were nearly at our train station so we got off ran home, jumped in the car sped off to Worthing and on arrival i was running round looking for her when the phone rang again saying that Worthing had refused her and they were on their way to Brighton!!!!!!!!!!! Argh!!! So back in the car we got shot off to Brighton with a sense of deja vu, on arival we walked up a massive hill in the pouring rain to A & E and there she was lying on a hospital examination bed screaming her head off! The doctor pulled the temporary small tube out the gastrostomy site and asked me if i could try and get the new button in as the staff at Chestnut couldn't and neither could he so i washed my hands and pushed the flipping thing straight in!!!!!!!!! Then we all piled in the car including the Chestnut nurse and went back to the centre where we deposited the nurse and Brittany who told us to go and off we went home. 4 hours of messing about for something that took me 10 seconds to rectify!!!!

Oh well, at least it wasn't anything serious!!

members comments     viewing 1 - 3 out of 6 comments       Page:  1 | 2 | Next >  Last >>     From: judemate           02/04/2008 08:43:05 hi Kay ever thought of going into nursing. Sounds like they need you.         From: Moondust           31/03/2008 20:51:17 Oh dear, I blush on behalf of the NHS! Good suggestion of Mammie's though, you could either train the staff or get a district nurse to give them a session of training, and hopefully you'll then have a peaceful break! (With peace of mind too - it's no break if you feel like you have to still be 'on call' all the time! Liz         From: kaz4652           31/03/2008 15:59:42 Oh Kay I'm sorry but I cant stop laughing!!! ha ha, Had the same experience with Ryan's catheter once, mad I could have been frothing at the mouth, but I no what you mean ha ha ha sorry, Kaz x x x x            Page:  1 | 2 | Next >  Last >>