{"id":1079,"date":"2019-10-08T07:51:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2020-04-21T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T13:41:27","slug":"tgh-8-10-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1079","title":{"rendered":"8\/10\/19, TGH."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Woken by a black girl&#8217;s face a foot away from my face, staring at me. Now <strong><em>fully <\/em><\/strong>awake! Ha! Not used to THAT! Nice girl, name of Edith wanted my obs sometime after 6am&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sats=95%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:0610\">0610<\/a> antibiotic, amoxicillin, x1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Bad English\/accent, talking to older folks who are hard of hearing makes communication dificult &amp; frustrating&#8230;<br> 0645 obs.. 92% O2. Bit worrying, really. Need that to be 95% or more&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Sore throat. Tight chest. Nurse asked me if I&#8217;d been swabbed. Seems she doesn&#8217;t know, as my records don&#8217;t follow me through the SAME BLOODY HOSPITAL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> 0710 struggling to breathe. Told nurse Jenny. Throat closing, chest pains. Went onto O2 up the snout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young woman doctor came to help. Symptoms easing a bit with the extra O2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1086\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=1086\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570520255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.91&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;8&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191008_073735\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?fit=660%2C495\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?w=1320 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191008_073735.jpg?w=1980 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ECG around 0830 ish&#8230; looked &#8216;pretty normal&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amlodipine in the am&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibility of a scan this pm&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Went for a wander to my car, seems OK&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More bloods for heart. Confirmed with pharmacist the statin dose was incorrect&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lunch @ noon&#8230; perfectly fine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Went for the second wande\u0155 of the day in the hospital jim-jams&#8230; do get some smiles&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>1700. C.T. scan. The dye that the machine throws up your veins ought to be repurposed as a bowling machine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1845 amoxicillin.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woken by a black girl&#8217;s face a foot away from my face, staring at me. Now fully awake! Ha! Not used to THAT! Nice girl, name of Edith wanted my obs sometime after 6am&#8230; Sats=95%. 0610 antibiotic, amoxicillin, x1. Bad English\/accent, talking to older folks who are hard of hearing makes communication dificult &amp; frustrating&#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1079\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">8\/10\/19, TGH.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[232,222],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZcXa-hp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1107,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1107","url_meta":{"origin":1079,"position":0},"title":"9\/10\/19 Last day in Trafford General hospital.","date":"9th October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Woken by the blasted alarm of Tom's (young lad next to me with clots on his lungs). 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