Looking very tired

After yesterdays positive day, dad looked absolutely shattered and weak today. Apparently the nurses had kept him up since 9am and did not allow him to sleep. He had to sit and walk. This was of course to stop any DVT occurring.
The head nurse told me that he needs a lot of encouragement to [...]

The king and his own private room

My fathers surgery was successfully completed today at 3pm. He subsequently received 2 units of blood as his HG levels were 10.1 before the operation.
We managed to see him at 7pm and he was in good spirits. In fact he was in really good spirits. In his happy state he kept singing and saying that [...]

The Tuesday before the Wednesday Surgery

So get this, on Monday evening my mum receives a phone call from some doctor with regards to dads knee surgery. The person tells my mum that dad can not go ahead with the operation as there is an infection detected in the blood test results taken the week before…..
I’m not going to rant on [...]

London Oncology Clinic : Clarity

The consultation at the London Oncology Clinic was very positive. The consultant we met with was very friendly, understanding and honest. At no point during the meeting did he try and sell the clinics services or deter us from using the NHS. My brother in law (No. 2) and I found this so reassuring and [...]

Knee replacement surgery risks…

In a nut shell, we had our meeting with dad’s orthopedic surgeon today….only that we didn’t. We actually had a meeting with the registrar who highlighted that the operation is very risky due to dad’s lung cancer condition.
There is a risk that dad can die during the operation. I pushed for some numbers and [...]