This week’s Travelsonabike2 bicycle touring on this day post comes from England on the 2nd-August-2021, and I’m in hospital, recovering from an infected hip. I’d been in hospital for the last ten days after having a third operation on my hip and was hoping to go home.
Monday 2nd-August-2021. St Richards Hospital.
Haha, deja vu or what! After getting up to go to the toilet at the other end of the ward, the nearest one to me has been out of order for nearly a week now, with no signs of being fixed. Anyway, I digress. As I said, after walking to the toilet, I noticed drops of blood on the floor! It’s me; my wound was leaking again. And I’d left a trail of blood the length of the ward. But at least it wasn’t as bad as yesterday and only seemed to leak once I walked.
Come to think of it, my wound has been leaking ever since my first or second operation, depending on how you want to look at it, but since July 6th! Because ever since then, I’ve been backwards and forwards to the hospital getting the dressing changed. And of course, a week ago, Thursday, 22nd July, that’s when it became infected and I was readmitted into hospital.
After my seepage this morning, the dressing was removed, and I spent the rest of the morning with my arse in the air while everybody came to have a look and decide what to do. They’ve now shaved around my wound, put some sticky stuff around it, and redressed it. Let’s see what happens this time!
I had some blood tests this morning. They’re looking really good, with my infection markers now below 30.
The Rest Of The Day
I’ve spent the afternoon wondering if I can go home. One doctor says yes, and then somebody else says no. Then it’s a yes, but we’ve got to see if the community nurse can come out to visit. And we’ve also got to see if there’s a pump available for me to take home. It all seemed very stressful to me; I just packed my bags and waited to see what happened.
And the decision was? To go home, Yah. But I’ve got nurses coming in daily to check on my wound and pump. And a different nurse comes in every 3rd day. I’m not too sure what they are doing, but I’m sure it’s something important. I’ve also got to go for blood tests regularly. But I’ve got to be better off going home. I eventually left the hospital at 7.30, which was just in time, as the drains were blocked again. And sewage was starting to leak into the corridor again.
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