ADMITTED

Well the system works well (in Yeovil at least). Unfortunately, the system in Taunton was shocking. In Sam’s little blue book there are numbers you should call if you’ve got issues. There’s the Yeovil number that you call during the day to get hold of someone and then there’s the Taunton number that you ring when it’s out of hours. I rang the out of hours number in the evening when Sam’s temperature was rising fast to get advice on what to do. I got an answerphone message asking to leave a name and number and they’d get right back to me. I explained Sam’s situation and what was happening and then sat back and waited for the call. That was 25 hours ago and we still haven’t heard anything from them.

As the evening went on Sam’s temperature got higher and higher and her heart rate got faster. They wheeled her into a side room in A&E where there was a bed and she had a little snooze until they transferred her up to a ward at around 5am. She’s been on a drip since she’s been there and they are pumping her full of antibiotics. She’s definitely in all weekend and they’ll reassess her on Monday to see if her blood count has risen. If it hasn’t risen enough then they’ll keep her there until it’s at a satisfactory level. Unfortunately for Sam this could take all week. She’s ok today because she’s had her own side room to make sure she doesn’t catch any bugs. Unfortunately, she’s just text me to say that they’re about to move her onto the ward.

That’s her week written off then………..