Hi all a bit of an upsetting day for me. I have not seen my nana and Grandad since christmas, I do not drive and they live quite far away and my nan had 3 heart attacks last year, she was in hospital for a long time and is now in heart failure although that is not as bad as it sounds and she has been reasonably well with a fantastic consultant and good medication, she can't walk very far though or really do much but she still enjoys a reasonably good life. I've wanted to see her for ages but taking all my children down to her house when my hubby can take me with her condition would have not been practical. I speak to her every other day on the phone and I basically lived with her and my grandad when I was younger so I am inceredibly close to her.
Anyway they came up today and I have been looking forward to it for the past week as my nan has been quite well so they decided to take a trip out. They came and sat down, we had a cup of tea and then my grandad went to get his glasses out of the car, my nan suddenly went very pale ao I asked her if she was ok and she said no. I went to her and cuddled her, she said she couldn't catch her breath and had a pain in her chest and her arms felt dead. I shouted my grandad and he came in and asked if she was ok and comforted her. After about 5 minutes she said she was feeling alot better but my grandad said he would take her to the doctors on the way home, they then left.
I had been tryin to phone her all afternoon and evening with no answer, I knew this was strange as they have two cats who are their "babies" and would never leave them for long. I didn't know what to do, couldn't get hold of my mum, so I phoned the hospital in Derby where they live and all they did was put me through to accident and emergency and they said she hadn't been admitted. I tried to contact her aain and it got later when I thouht if she had been admitted by her doctor she wouldn't have necessarily gone to accident and emergency. I phoned the hospital again and just explained the situation and they put me through to admissions. They said she had been admitted to medical assesment and put me through. Spoke to a nurse who said she had been moved and put me through to there, when I got through I asked how my nan was and she put me on hold then she said she had spoken to my grandad and he would phone me.
My grandad phoned me about an hour ago, he said they went straight to the doctors who sent her straight to hospital. Turns out she has had another heart attack, my grandad said she is doing well though and is talking and moving about which is a good sign but I am beside myself. I am so unbelievebly close to my nan it's just unspeakable and I couldn't bear if anything happens to her. I'm waiting for my grandad to phone me when he gets home to tell me more which I hope will be soon. Sometimes I hate life my nan is my world, I just want her to be ok.xx
Anyway they came up today and I have been looking forward to it for the past week as my nan has been quite well so they decided to take a trip out. They came and sat down, we had a cup of tea and then my grandad went to get his glasses out of the car, my nan suddenly went very pale ao I asked her if she was ok and she said no. I went to her and cuddled her, she said she couldn't catch her breath and had a pain in her chest and her arms felt dead. I shouted my grandad and he came in and asked if she was ok and comforted her. After about 5 minutes she said she was feeling alot better but my grandad said he would take her to the doctors on the way home, they then left.
I had been tryin to phone her all afternoon and evening with no answer, I knew this was strange as they have two cats who are their "babies" and would never leave them for long. I didn't know what to do, couldn't get hold of my mum, so I phoned the hospital in Derby where they live and all they did was put me through to accident and emergency and they said she hadn't been admitted. I tried to contact her aain and it got later when I thouht if she had been admitted by her doctor she wouldn't have necessarily gone to accident and emergency. I phoned the hospital again and just explained the situation and they put me through to admissions. They said she had been admitted to medical assesment and put me through. Spoke to a nurse who said she had been moved and put me through to there, when I got through I asked how my nan was and she put me on hold then she said she had spoken to my grandad and he would phone me.
My grandad phoned me about an hour ago, he said they went straight to the doctors who sent her straight to hospital. Turns out she has had another heart attack, my grandad said she is doing well though and is talking and moving about which is a good sign but I am beside myself. I am so unbelievebly close to my nan it's just unspeakable and I couldn't bear if anything happens to her. I'm waiting for my grandad to phone me when he gets home to tell me more which I hope will be soon. Sometimes I hate life my nan is my world, I just want her to be ok.xx
