Setting Sights

MAY 2, 2022

2020 marked the start of my hellish journey, and a hellish journey it was for so many , but for me it meant a bunch of new, life-changing diagnoses, a kind of sentence that would mean everything changing, nothing ever being the same again. I underwent surgeries for feeding tubes, venting tubes, and a suprapubic catheter.

Medication 52

Medication Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds 52

Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Consultant had previously told me on ward-rounds, “You made yourself come in. On the next ward round, I asked to see someone – 7 months into my hospital admission and I needed to address my mental wellbeing. From then on, there were occasions where I had to remove my hearing-aids during the ward-round. I had nothing left.

Admissions 52

Admissions Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Hospital 52

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally.

Transfers 127

Transfers Hospital Huddles/Rounds Admissions 127

Setting Sights

DECEMBER 30, 2021

And 2020-2021 has been no exception. When I was transferred to another hospital four hours away, the fear of another unknown ate into me so deeply that I felt sick and utterly worthless. Nor was 2020. We’ve all fallen to our knees and crumbled. Every single one of us. This year has been so incredibly unkind and unforgiving.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds Tests 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

Each morning, the doctors came round to the bedside, barely taking one look at my desperate face, before finally making brief eye contact and clearing their throats. Before my eventual transfer to another hospital, 8.5 Nobody even thought to investigate it much further either. BMI is fine. All reflexes intact.

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds Hospital 52