Mrs Hyde revenant?

Today has NOT been a good day Edna wise.

First of all I got a voice mail from the NHS loans people saying tey tired to deliver some equipment on 13th August but no-one was there. Well - of course no-one was there - Edna is in hopsital and I had no notification of the fact that they wanted to deliver anything. Let me guess - the wrote to Edna to let her know the delivery date!

I tried to get back to them but so far they have not got back to me .so that is a job for tomorrow morning. I'm sure they will be pleased to learn she goes home on Monday and needs the stuff by then. As long as they let the warden know they are coming, the wardens can take it in. I will go over to Fosters tomorrow (great start to my weekend away!) and sort out Fanny's flat and warn the wardnes what is going on.

So that was the first thing. Then when I got to the hospital she was in fighting mood. She made a mess of setting up her nebuliser, then blamed the nurse for watching her. Then she didnt want to keep the mask on for the full time., She tried to take it off after a minute and got cross with me when I told her she had to keep it for longer (like about 15 minutes longer). So she appealed to Derek (her favourtoe orderly) who told her she DID have to keep it on. That led to veiled mutterring s about hwo the doctor had told she didnt have to keep it on if she didnt need it and she would ask the doctor when she saw him.

The final straw came when she declared she didnt want the commode that the OT's feel she needs,and that the NHS loans place are delivering. This despite the fact that she agreed to having it, and thought it was a good idea just over a week ago. So she is saying she will refuse to accept it. I said I would talk to the OT's but she said no SHE would talk to the OT's. As it happens the OT's are away so she can't talk to them. It will be interesting to see how she reacts when she is her flat.

So it wasn't an encouraging visit. I think at a subconcious level she is worried about going home. But she wont admit it.

I am worried about the way she managed (or didnt manage) the nebuliser. But time will tell

The Sisters parting comment when I popped in to say goodbye was ' I hope she stays out of hospital longer this time' I think they know she will be heading back their way short of a miracle.