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DH in hospital with Covid

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NannyPT Tue 29-Dec-20 03:55:56

I am sorry that you've had such a bad experience with the 2 ambulance women. You must be feeling very tired and stressed after all this which is probably made worse because you are not feeling well yourself. I hope that your husband makes a good recovery and you must try and conserve your strength. I understand why you feel so angry, I would too if it were me. Please try not to worry-easier said I know- try and get some rest and get yourself better. Sending you a big hug.

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Juliet27 Tue 29-Dec-20 03:55:06

What a worry for you and you certainly didn’t get the reassurance that’s needed at a time like this. It’s going to be a long night for you but I hope you get some better news in the morning and that you’ll soon both be on the mend from this awful virus.

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Sasperilla Tue 29-Dec-20 03:43:31

That's awful vampirequeen. There is no need for them to be so horrible to you. Who wants to be phoning an ambulance in the middle of the night ? I am sure though that once they got him to the hospital that their professionalism will kick in and he will be treated with compassion. I do hope that you both feel better very soon. Damned Covid !

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FarNorth Tue 29-Dec-20 03:42:45

So sorry to hear that, vq, and that the staff were so unkind.
I expect they're stressed out and I hope they're not like that all the time.

Especially, I hope your DH is helped to fight this disease and you both are better soon.

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vampirequeen Tue 29-Dec-20 03:21:31

Sorry to post here but it's 3am and I need to vent and talk and I know that I won't wake anyone up but I can still get the words out.

DH has just been taken into hospital by two of the nastiest ambulance women I have ever met. They weren't bothered by how ill he is. There only concern was that we didn't have masks ....they're in the car...and we'd run out of paracetamol. FFS we've been ill for 8 days. It's not like we can nip out to the shops for some more.

Poor DH has been far worse than me and I've been really ill. It attacks you at your weakest points. He's had a terrible headache for days and today it got significantly worse. We phoned 111 yesterday and spoke to a doctor who reassured us but about 1am today he started to vomit and there was blood in it. So I phoned 111 again and they sent an ambulance.

At first I thought they weren't going to take him. They kept telling him he should have taken paracetamol even though we tried to explain that he'd tried it when the headache first started and it hadn't helped. They asked if he was sure he wanted to go to hospital because they'd only give him paracetamol and what was the point if he wouldn't take it. He never said he wouldn't take it. He said that it hadn't worked. Poor DH is incredibly dizzy too and they made him walk to the ambulance. I even asked them to help him and they just said he'd be OK. He nearly fell over the step due to being dizzy but they just carried on. I know they don't want Covid in their ambulances or in the hospitals but some people have to go and we didn't call them independently. We went through the system and let 111 make the decision.

So now I'm worried sick about DH cos he's on his own and I'm trapped cos I have Covid too. I can only wait for a phone call when he's well enough.

Sorry for the rant and the bad language but I needed to get it off my chest. The worry is bad enough without the anger I feel on top.

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