Colin’s accident

Today was a good day. Colin is feeling so much better, and they removed his central line today as well as spigotting his trachy. We have also discovered that while he still cannot sleep without his sleep apnoea mask, it is not easy for him to be heard with the mask on, and so for … [Read more…]

Today was not a good day. Colin is not OK, and I only left to come home because they make us leave at 8pm. I am going to go see him tomorrow morning again. He is starting to find the reality almost impossible to begin to navigate, and is frustrated that his body works against … [Read more…]

Colin’s doctor said he was well enough to go back to the rehab centre on Tuesday, and perhaps allowing for red tape, it was supposed to be Wednesday at the very latest. Colin was just unwilling to stay another night of not being able to do anything other than be kept awake by terrible sounds … [Read more…]

Colin was supposed to have gone back to the rehab today, but will have to be another 2 days in the ICU. He will have to be assessed tomorrow by the person from rehab, and then that report have to be written and given in, and then he will be able to go back. 🙁 … [Read more…]

Today Colin was pleased to tell me that he is scheduled to go back to rehab tomorrow at 11:30, they are just waiting for the authorisation so he can go back. He is very pleased and I am over the moon. He still have swollen hands and neck and face, but he seems so much … [Read more…]

I love it when the ICU staff are relaxed on the weekends – they let me stay a little longer, and today they also let me in early. I got to Colin at 2:15 but they were just busy with him, so I waited a bit and got to see him from 2:30 until 6:45 … [Read more…]

Today was a better day. Colin is feeling a little better, and he ate half of his lunch, plus a little pot of fruit I took for him. He also had a small drink of water. We did his arm physio, and I rubbed his feet and legs, but he didn’t feel well enough to … [Read more…]

Colin is not well at all, and is still feeling very nauseous and extra sensitive. He is finding it difficult to talk, and is hot and cold and clammy, and there is nothing I can do to ease his pain. He is still not eating – has had nothing at all today, didn’t want the … [Read more…]

This morning I woke up later than I meant to. Last night I sat in the bath and sobbed and sobbed. I was so scared and all I could think was that this was not going to have a happy ending. I went to sleep with a sleeping pill, and of course, I didn’t hear … [Read more…]

I have just got back from the Fourways Life hospital where Colin is in the ICU again. He got there around maybe 2:15pm, and I was only able to see him after 5 or so. He is in terrible pain, and is back on the filter on the trachy which means he can’t really talk. … [Read more…]