Posted: 7/13/2011 7:19:50 AM EDT
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Spent last night in casualty with my little boy.
He woke up at 23:30hrs in serious respiratory distress with a severe bout of Croup. We tried to calm him but he was fighting for breath and getting worse so we did the mad 5 minute dash to the local A+E as it would have taken longer for an ambulance to get to us. The staff were superb. They took us in and saw James straight away, and got him into a resuss unit where they gave him a mild sedative, stabilised his breathing and left him to recover with us in Casualty. They checked on us every half hour or so and were closely monitoring him. We were there for 6 hours and received nothing but the upmost care and courtesy from the staff. They were as concerned for our wellfare as his parents, as much as they were concerned for James and kept us plied with hot tea. One of the things that struck me was how professional and dedicated the staff were. While we were sat in the cubicle with James, we could hear them working and talking with other patients. The care they showed the patients and way they catered to everyones needs was tremendous. I won't go into details but they saved at least three lives while we were there, and provided care way above and beyond what I would expect from a busy A+E dept to everyone who came in. We've had half an hours kip in the last 36 hours and I have been at work all day so far.....James is OK and at home nowsleeping but he is still not 100%. We'll have to see if it kicks off again tonight...Croup seem to hit him at night, Kids scare the crap out of you at times. Thank God for the NHS and the dedication of their staff. 
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Glad to hear he's doing well  . Had it been a Saturday night the experience would have been different I fear.. Not that the staff would have been any less professional... but the alchohol fueled warzone that is a A&E at the weekends is beyond belief if you haven't seen it..
 The last time I had the misfortune to visit, we had to contend with a girl who, refusing to leave after hurling abuse at the staff for half an hour decided to empty her bladder while sitting on the floor of the waiting room just to make things a little less pleasant for the people who had to physically remove her... Can't say I'd put up with that for very long! |
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Sorry to hear this Phil, hope your boy is OK.
My eldest used to get croup (not as bad as your son) and I can remember dreading hearing the bark. Yeah, He seems OK now thanks. He's had Croup before and normally some soothing cuddles and words while sitting in the bathroom with the shower on full heat to generate some steamy humidity sorts it out very quickly, but last night was different.  Even my wife who is as cool as cucumber under most circumstances looked visibly scared for him.
I think I'll be sleeping next to him tonight and keeping an eye on things. Poor little fella. That dreaded bark does get your pulse racing, but you have to remain calm and help them calm down otherwise they make it worse with the distress.......all the while your nerves are being torn to shreds. |
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I'm glad he's OK,
had a similar thing happen to my son severe respiratory distress woman at A&E said we shouldn't have brought him to A&E we should have waited for the doctors surgery to open she finally under protest decided to allow us to see a doctor 5 minutes later my son was blue lighted to Winchester for specialist treatment!
I went to see the woman at the desk on my way out her reaction was Well you really should have waited to see your GP  I don't normally swear at women but she got a reply normally reserved for the gun position!
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I'm glad he's OK, had a similar thing happen to my son severe respiratory distress woman at A&E said we shouldn't have brought him to A&E we should have waited for the doctors surgery to open she finally under protest decided to allow us to see a doctor 5 minutes later my son was blue lighted to Winchester for specialist treatment!
I went to see the woman at the desk on my way out her reaction was Well you really should have waited to see your GP I don't normally swear at women but she got a reply normally reserved for the gun position!I'm glad we received the necessary treatment quickly, I must say. Sometimes it takes just one arsehole in the triage and care process to ruin what woud normally be a superb service. |
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It's all a load of libtard Eurofag lies The NHS sucks There's a shortage of drugs in the uber hospitals here at the moment due to their margins shrinking due to the economy . They are also using less effective generic drugs drugs to cut costs 
That's the good old free market health care for ya! |
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Glad things went well for you all, keeping my fingers X'd that it won't repeat itself to often. Kid's are fun, now wait till he is older, and you need to go have a plaster on his (insert any bone in the skeleton here).
My oldest has his right thumb in a cast at the moment, he has his story, but I personally think his slipped off his cock while having a power wank, BTW. he'll be fourteen in a fortnight (if he's lucky) 
Chin up, now get your heads down .
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Glad things went well for you all, keeping my fingers X'd that it won't repeat itself to often. Kid's are fun, now wait till he is older, and you need to go have a plaster on his (insert any bone in the skeleton here). My oldest has his right thumb in a cast at the moment, he has his story, but I personally think his slipped off his cock while having a power wank, BTW. he'll be fourteen in a fortnight (if he's lucky)
Chin up, now get your heads down .
Tony 
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I'm glad to hear that turned out well. In a SHTF situation the NHS can really get it together and provide an amazing service. My wife was blue lighted to the main hospital in Aberdeen in September last year with a heart problem that struck out of nowhere. It's very scary when that big white van with the blue lights on the roof crunches to a stop in your drive. To a medical layman like myself the monitoring equipment carried in a first response ambulance is like something out of Star Trek: pulse rate, pressure, O2 content and God knows what else all measured and recorded in seconds.
That night I did not mind the amount of tax I pay. |