V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
sat having lunch yesterday ... my phone rings .. look at it and it's Vicki ... if it's a problem it's me she rings, as she knows it is ALWAYS in my pocket and gets answered .... Pam's phone can be anywhere in the house/where ever she last put it down.
" can you please come and collect Clara, Harper is unwell and I need to take her to hospital "
" No problem .. be there in five minutes " ..... " Pam, get changed, we're going to Vicki's - NOW !! " quick explanation and shot round outside locking up, then the house and we're gone ...
Was expecting to leave Pam there and be making a low level 'flight' to the nearest hospital 20 miles away ... they've closed the A&E in our local in town, 6 miles away
..... Harper struggling to breathe apparently, but kept that one to myself.
turned into Vicki's and VERY relieved to see a fast response paramedic's vehicle and an ambulance sat outside her place, let Pam out and parked up.
Unknown to me, Vicki'd been on to 111 ... who'd finally answered after what must have been a very long 30 minute wait for Vicki, a nurse had listened to Harper over the line and they'd dispatched the medical crew, who in fairness had not taken very long to get there.
They'd gotten the little 'un 'stabilised' and were taking them off on the 20 mile run to what is now the closest A&E ....
talking to the fast response guy after, he was driving one of these new RAV4 plug ins ...
said it can run both the motor and leccy together, to give 320HP ...
he said it is an awesome thing to get some where in a hurry
anyway ... locked up at Vicki's, grabbed stuff for Clara and we came home .. Vicki'd decided she didn't need 'mum' to go with her and'd be better 'placed' with Clara ...
Rang Vicki's hubby, who was doing 'a shift' at a local pub (part time supplemental income, as and when), filled him in and he shot off down to the hospital.
Kept Clara amused for a couple of hours with the usual, fed her tea and she was getting restless (understandably) and we'd heard now't ...
I hadn't had my Hamster juice, as we'd planned to do it after lunch ... she loves being involved in that, so got her to set it all up (amazing what she remembers, from the few times she's been around, in the past, on a 'treatment' day) and 'nurse Clara' forgot all about the rest of the day
I draw the line at the canulation bit though that remains Pam's domain
Daddy arrived 'bout an hour later .... told us they were going to keep Harper and Vicki for a couple more hours, to be sure she'd be OK overnight and then they left ready to collect them both later ... Got a call about 10 to say all was well(-ish) and home ... some upper respiratory tract infection and had been given a steroidal treatment to ensure her airways remained well and truly open, whilst the infection treatment did it's job.
DO NOT want another afternoon like that in a hurry ..... medics were absolutely brilliant, calm and totally cool/re-assuring in a very stressful situation ... consummate professionals
Harper still sounds like Darth Vader today, apparently, but is bright, active, hungry/feeding fine - pretty much her usual 11 month old self
Vicki and Chris both back in school next week .... will be the start of some busy grand parenting time ... little 'un 3 days a week, combined with Clara, morning and afternoon, before/after school ... need my body to get its head together ...
still knackered after an hour or two doing anything
" can you please come and collect Clara, Harper is unwell and I need to take her to hospital "
" No problem .. be there in five minutes " ..... " Pam, get changed, we're going to Vicki's - NOW !! " quick explanation and shot round outside locking up, then the house and we're gone ...
Was expecting to leave Pam there and be making a low level 'flight' to the nearest hospital 20 miles away ... they've closed the A&E in our local in town, 6 miles away
..... Harper struggling to breathe apparently, but kept that one to myself. turned into Vicki's and VERY relieved to see a fast response paramedic's vehicle and an ambulance sat outside her place, let Pam out and parked up.
Unknown to me, Vicki'd been on to 111 ... who'd finally answered after what must have been a very long 30 minute wait for Vicki, a nurse had listened to Harper over the line and they'd dispatched the medical crew, who in fairness had not taken very long to get there.
They'd gotten the little 'un 'stabilised' and were taking them off on the 20 mile run to what is now the closest A&E ....
talking to the fast response guy after, he was driving one of these new RAV4 plug ins ...
said it can run both the motor and leccy together, to give 320HP ...
he said it is an awesome thing to get some where in a hurry
anyway ... locked up at Vicki's, grabbed stuff for Clara and we came home .. Vicki'd decided she didn't need 'mum' to go with her and'd be better 'placed' with Clara ...
Rang Vicki's hubby, who was doing 'a shift' at a local pub (part time supplemental income, as and when), filled him in and he shot off down to the hospital.
Kept Clara amused for a couple of hours with the usual, fed her tea and she was getting restless (understandably) and we'd heard now't ...
I hadn't had my Hamster juice, as we'd planned to do it after lunch ... she loves being involved in that, so got her to set it all up (amazing what she remembers, from the few times she's been around, in the past, on a 'treatment' day) and 'nurse Clara' forgot all about the rest of the day
I draw the line at the canulation bit though
that remains Pam's domainDaddy arrived 'bout an hour later .... told us they were going to keep Harper and Vicki for a couple more hours, to be sure she'd be OK overnight and then they left ready to collect them both later ... Got a call about 10 to say all was well(-ish) and home ... some upper respiratory tract infection and had been given a steroidal treatment to ensure her airways remained well and truly open, whilst the infection treatment did it's job.
DO NOT want another afternoon like that in a hurry ..... medics were absolutely brilliant, calm and totally cool/re-assuring in a very stressful situation ... consummate professionals
Harper still sounds like Darth Vader today, apparently, but is bright, active, hungry/feeding fine - pretty much her usual 11 month old self
Vicki and Chris both back in school next week .... will be the start of some busy grand parenting time ... little 'un 3 days a week, combined with Clara, morning and afternoon, before/after school ... need my body to get its head together
...still knackered after an hour or two doing anything
it's not nice seeing them so rough ..
