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Originally Posted by 600+
Just came back from what has been the longest days in my life from hospital.
Unfortunately C deteriorated last night early hours of this morning and we had to call an ambulance and take her to hospital. I obviously went with her and she is now in surgery....visiting hours finished at 8pm so had to leave against my will and a bit later on she was taken to theater.
Speedy_Claire thnx for the info on medication! It really helped me!!! I'm now agonising waiting for a phone call from the hospital when she is out of surgery.
After that there will be a 1 week in hospital and a further 3-4 weeks taking it easy 
Is her b'day on the 24th of this month........what a present she got hey???!!!
At least she will be ok......and once again I've proved to myself that i'm not good with hospitals.......so if you see me going into one challenge me........must be by mistake! |
I am not a Doctor and obviously have no idea what is wrong with yer g/f.
Saw your thread originally and decided not to post, but given that things do seem to have progressed.......and as I have had a bit of recent similar experiances (Missus and Brother) neither of which ended well......I would say that you / her next of kin need to TALK to the Doctors and fully understand what they are looking at and why and also what they are not looking at (including yet).......also how / when they will be sure their diagnosis is correct and what the plans are - including for possibilities yer do not want to think about.
Obviously does need to be done in a constructive manner - you want the Doctors to help - but it is also good to let them to know that folk are interested in the patient - Doctors are humans, so good, bad and lazy in any job, having folk interested / looking over their shoulder is a motivator to do things properly - Also don't be afraid of going down the second opinion route.
Despite what is portrayed on TV (and some Doctors portray themselves) Doctors and Hospitals do not have magical powers to immediately and definatively understand what is wrong with someone - a pain in the stomach can be a symptom of a dodgy curry or part of a long list of stuff I would struggle to spell........The Doctors essentially work through a list of the most likely things (given the symptoms) - they are not going to start looking at Avian Flu or Cancers when their are more likely things to exclude first.
"a Pain in the stomach" is not a diagnosis on which treatment of the underlying cause can be based - it's a symptom that can be alleviated by treatment - but yer still need to know what the cause is.
Hope things go well - odds are that it will, but deliberately not knowing stuff doesn't stop the bad things happening.