Saturday, 11 July 2026

Bloody hell again

I went to bed at eleven and was awakened by a nose bleed at one.The carotid artery in my left jaw was trapped by a firm pillow when I fell asleep. I accidentally switched off the power extension for my bedside lamp and had to grope around in the dark to find the nain light switch holding a bucket in my hand to catch the blood. Amazingly There were no blood drops on the floor. It  was unstoppable and Clare called a taxi to go to UHW at three. My worst fear repeating itself. 
The A&E doctor who treated me was gentle, thorough and considerate. The nostril needed an inflatable plug - my horror from last time, but use of a suitable snalgaesic made the pain bearable. 
I spent the night in a kids' treatment room. All that was available. Clare returned home once she kniw I had been stabilised. I slept very little and missed the breakfast trolley. A patient sleeping iin the kids's room wasn't flagged up. Breakfast caught up with me two hours later - cheese and ham sandwiches. Then I could take my meds without distress to my stomach. I dozed on snd off until moved into a room to wait for arrangements to be made to relocate me to the short stay surgical unit to assess the outcome of the nose plug. It was teatime before this happened. Clare had visited with clean clothes and other things on my emergency hospital list texted to her. 
I'm tired stressed out with interrogation by nurses, and my blood pressure is so high they are worried.
Who knows what tomorrow ill bring?

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