November 30 2012

Apparently it's fine for her heart rate to be between 90 and 150!!! I specifically asked about it and she said it was fine for it to be so high "because its been like that since she came in"! If nothing is done about it soon I will be asking again. It cannot continue.

I also asked about having copies of letters to her doctor and I was advised to visit PALS. I can make a request to the medical records office but they suggested that I just ask her doctor (who is also my doctor and the doctor who helped her at the accident). I may need these letters for ESA and/or DLA.

I also need to think about applying to the Court of Protection. I went into her bank yesterday. A lady last week said that I could get added as a third party on her account without any problem. Another man yesterday said no way, as did the manager. I can see why not but ....... it's a pain.

The Job Centre have been really helpful. They did all the forms with me over the phone for ESA. They have sent the copies to me and I've got to provide my birth certificate and student income details.  I have got the forms for DLA but haven't filled them in yet. I don't know where best to go to get help with it - whether to go to CAB or someone else (maybe Headway).

One annoying thing with the bank is that Helen owes her little sister a lot of money - most of which is sitting in her bank account!!! At least she paid for her car insurance up front and I have cancelled her mobile phone. Note to self - I must chase her car insurance up - the car should have been released to them by the police.

I had rather an emotional time in one of my lectures today. The lecture was about social support for patients in acute care. There were a couple of slides about traumatic brain injury and its impact on loved ones. I have been fine with all the other lectures on acute care (including some to do with brain injury) but this one just got to me. My tutor group are great and made sure I was ok but I'm sure people sitting around us were a bit confuzzled about what was going on (there are about 400 people in the lecture hall!!).

Helen's Hope: November 30 2012

Friday 30 November 2012

November 30 2012

Apparently it's fine for her heart rate to be between 90 and 150!!! I specifically asked about it and she said it was fine for it to be so high "because its been like that since she came in"! If nothing is done about it soon I will be asking again. It cannot continue.

I also asked about having copies of letters to her doctor and I was advised to visit PALS. I can make a request to the medical records office but they suggested that I just ask her doctor (who is also my doctor and the doctor who helped her at the accident). I may need these letters for ESA and/or DLA.

I also need to think about applying to the Court of Protection. I went into her bank yesterday. A lady last week said that I could get added as a third party on her account without any problem. Another man yesterday said no way, as did the manager. I can see why not but ....... it's a pain.

The Job Centre have been really helpful. They did all the forms with me over the phone for ESA. They have sent the copies to me and I've got to provide my birth certificate and student income details.  I have got the forms for DLA but haven't filled them in yet. I don't know where best to go to get help with it - whether to go to CAB or someone else (maybe Headway).

One annoying thing with the bank is that Helen owes her little sister a lot of money - most of which is sitting in her bank account!!! At least she paid for her car insurance up front and I have cancelled her mobile phone. Note to self - I must chase her car insurance up - the car should have been released to them by the police.

I had rather an emotional time in one of my lectures today. The lecture was about social support for patients in acute care. There were a couple of slides about traumatic brain injury and its impact on loved ones. I have been fine with all the other lectures on acute care (including some to do with brain injury) but this one just got to me. My tutor group are great and made sure I was ok but I'm sure people sitting around us were a bit confuzzled about what was going on (there are about 400 people in the lecture hall!!).

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