Mum has slept most of the day. She does say she is feeling "very bad" and wants to go to hospital. She says this every day several times a day. A couple of weeks ago I did ring for an ambulance. She was lying in bed moaning that she wanted to die and I didn't know what to do. I have asked her doctor to attend but he doesn't want to know. You can't call for a doctor at a weekend as all you get is a recorded message saying the surgery is closed and as she was feeling so unwell on a Saturday (which was also her 86th birthday) I called for an ambulance.
At the hospital they were very good. They did loads a tests and said that there was nothing very serious which would cause her to be admitted. At the end she wanted to come home anyway. The doctor in Casualty said he would write to the GP and ask him to visit her as there were a couple of things that should be attended to. He advised me to call the surgery on Monday. I called the surgery several times and ten days later they said they still hadn't got the results from the hospital so I called the hospital. They said it should all have gone through on the computer and the doctor at the hospital said he would call the surgery.
Still nothing from mum's GP. They were also supposed to arrange for a nurse to call to give her a flu injections. Nothing of course. I need to call at the surgery on Monday to pick up mum's prescription so will tackle them about the doctor's visit and the flu jab then. Don't suppose it will do much good - I'm looking to change her doctor to someone who is a bit more understanding.
Mum woke us up at 3am saying she was feeling ill. She does this all the time - if we get a full night's sleep it's unusual. Hope we get a bit more sleep tonight.
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