May 15 2013

Spoke with ward is morning.  Her new trachy will be coming from Cornwall this afternoon after 4!!  They apparently had looked in her bag and apparently all there was is a plastic box with bits of trachy in!!  I explained that I was very frustrated with the situation.  If I had an explanation for why they changed the trachy in the first place it may not be so bad.  I do not understand why I was told yesterday daytime that they hadn't looked and yesterday evening that they hadn't looked and each time that it would be handed over to the next shift.  I had to tell them again what trachy she should have in.

The nurse today said that she would personally look in her bag and check.  A fairly simple 2 day visit is turning into another week!!

She is going for another CT today to check the shunt.

Spoke with nurse just before shift change.  The trachy still hasn't arrived!!  And the ones in her bag are size 6 not 7 so they cannot be used.  At least I know what the problem is and that someone has looked and given me a reason.  It makes it a tiny bit less frustrating.  I need to speak with Holy Cross now to find out why she went with size 6 trachies.  

Seen by diabetes nurse.  Sliding scale is being taken off tomorrow and normal insulin regime is being started.

Said I will phone again tomorrow to see how everything is progressing.