Routine turned into Emergency

Today…… What a DAY!

It is devastating when a child anywhere gets poorly and is unaware of the potential severity, today we were scheduled for an MRI and again thank you to the Deputy CEO but something’s are just not that easy.

We came on to the ward a little earlier than scheduled and we were showed to our room. You could feel the ambience change as the healthcare professionals (Secretary Inc) were staring into my soul because of how I pushed this through the system for my boy. The familiar to us came and said hello and made us feel a little more at ease. Shortly afterwards all the prep was complete other than the sedation! First oral Chloral Hydrate, bless the nurse wasn’t the best with kids but showed determination pumping the full syringe in to my boys mouth expecting him to swallow what was already seeping from the corners of his mouth, the remainder was nicely spat out over the bed. 4-5 minutes afterwards my boy was ready and asleep everyone made aware by myself but that was to easy, although confirmed by me that he would stay asleep as he was already wiped out from the hunger of the day they decided to pump Intravenous Midazolam to ensure he was not going to wake up ……. Well! His stats started to fall and he struggled to breath, them previously burning eyes were now running round to make what was wronged right. The finer details I will keep to myself but the sheer shock of these practices are out rageous, surely it can’t be medical practice to sedate a 4 year old twice in the space of 15 minutes…..?

#medicalneglegence #overkill

👤Rio👤

The Power Of A Single Tweet

Yesterday I tweeted out my devastation that I had to keep chasing the hospital for a date for my son’s urgent MRI, when they finally booked it they booked it conflicting with another urgent appointment at a hospital over 50 miles away! Shock horror this is the NHS.

Below is the tweet I sent out:

Later on that night I had a message from the gentleman I attached into the conversation who happened to be the Deputy CEO of the hospital asking me to call him. Today I made that call explained the situation and within 45 minutes he called me back with an appointment for tomorrow.

As positive and as thankful as I am for the D-CEO’s help I am frustrated it took me to post a message on social media to get the attention and the result it requires from the consultants.

Thank you again but sorry this is the world we live in.

👤 Rio 👤

Laying the footprints.

Children are the future

Terrorism is a topic on everybody’s lips these days more than ever but it’s not something that has just come about, terrorism has been about for hundreds  of years. Let us not forget when Great Britain was invading different countries to forge an empire we were also called terrorists. All that a side this is a world our children are growing up in and it’s a shame all they will see is war. We all wish for a peaceful and safe world for which we all can explore and enjoy but until the madness stops or the individuals realise it is easier to be a unit of diversity than fight, we are fighting an already lost battle. Children are the future and I hope that they are pleasantly wiser than you and me,