A taster of CK&AK's Anglesey Races.

Right then, i'm off to see Paul now.
I'll post any info when i get back.

[JerryXt]

Hey George, thanks for the number. I think I had just got hold of Paul as you were leaving. Good to talk to him. We had a long chat about nurses, bed baths and latex gloves.

He's having more x-rays tomorrow to determine if his lung is collapsed and his transfer to Liverpool will be determined by the outcome.

Originally Posted by JerryXt

Hey George, thanks for the number. I think I had just got hold of Paul as you were leaving. Good to talk to him. We had a long chat about nurses, bed baths and latex gloves.
He's having more x-rays tomorrow to determine if his lung is collapsed and his transfer to Liverpool will be determined by the outcome.

Don't believe a feckin' word he says Jerry, he was well on one tonight, although you chatted to him, whadduya think?
Tell you the truth mate, it was hard work seeing his folks and Vicki there and him in that state.
They are lovely people, no parent wants to see their child in pain, no matter what age they are.
The chest drain is out, although it was weeping a bit while i was there, so the nurse had to come in and dress it.
According to Paul, they might have to put the drain back in again but more above his right tit, rather than in his side, as it was previously but as you say Jerry, that will possibly be determined by the x-ray results.
He was doing his best to have a conversation with me but he just trailed off and his eyes would shut, no the morphine is certainly doing it's thang.
He sent me a text today, saying he had suffered a cardiac seizure, due to the pain, so that is why they have upped his morphine intake, he recons.
His mum and Vicki said they will keep me up-dated on things, so i'll post any info as and when i receive it.

[JerryXt]

Originally Posted by BluprintZ

He was doing his best to have a conversation with me but he just trailed off and his eyes would shut, no the morphine is certainly doing it's thang.
He sent me a text today, saying he had suffered a cardiac seizure, due to the pain, so that is why they have upped his morphine intake, he recons.
His mum and Vicki said they will keep me up-dated on things, so i'll post any info as and when i receive it.

Thanks George. He did say a couple of things that seemed contradictory, but there you go. He mentioned a seizure, which I didn't know about but I passed on it. Seemed on good form so maybe the drugs wore off a bit.

Guys, thanks for getting over to see him - it's much appreciated by the whole team.

Good of you to go'n visit again george, and clai also.
Didn't know vicki was there already, but good.
He had a seizure on tuesday, all been fine since then thankfully. I've bin getting varying reports from him, just depends how much morphine ge's got buzzing round when I call, or so it seems. Wanted to get up there saturday myself but looks unlikely.

Nice chat with Bones this eve, good news and not so good...

Great to hear him a heck of a lot more cheerful than he was on tuesday, on the phone he's sounding like normal. Well, normal for him anyway! cheerful, making jokes, taking the mick and it's hard to get a word in. So moral is much improved, and Vicki is there to give him a hard time.

Not so good news is his physical condition;
The last chest drain turned out to have been put in wrong. In the wrong place and inserted too far thus causing a bit more damage to his lung. This has meant the wound hasn't been draining properly and has become infected. More of a concern though is he's had some germ swabs taken and it turns out he's carrying MRSA!!!
Now that alone is nothing unusual, statistically about 1 in 3 of us carry MRSA with us all the time, and a healthy person can fight off the bug with no problem. The trouble starts when it finds its way into a wound of someone who's not well and their system is lacking strength to defend itself. Obviously Paul has wounds and is not full of strength at the moment, so it's being monitored very close.
As well as all this he seems to have a touch of pneumonia!

He'll not be moving to Liverpool any time soon because of the mrsa thing, but wil be moving to another ward at Bangor in the next day or two.

Well, i was having a fairly decent evening until i read this!
It's way out of order, surely someone at the hospital should have sussed that out long before now?
I had my own thoughts over the last week or so, that he should have been well on the mend.
I'm feckin' speechless, i really am!
They give him morphine to dull the pain, i'm sure they have had Paul's type of injuries in there before?
So, why did they not realise that something was wrong?
Sorry, i'm rambling on, it's really done my head in has all this.

Livid I am. He's a fit and healthy guy, did hospital staff not question why he wasn't getting better? I lost my grandfather due to hospital f*** ups. These things never seem to stop. I feel bad for not contacting or visiting Bones but I thought he'd be home by now. Maybe I'll have to travel to Wales to dig him in the ribs rather than waiting for him to get back down south.

[Albie]

I wish Bones the very best as my brother has just been through the similar things that Bones is now going through. He also had the chest drain for his legionaires disease. Bad news about the mrsa and no doubt they will sort it. Send him my best wishes and a speedy recovery.

[CK & AK]

Home about an hour or so ago & catching up with family as to Bones's condition, as we've had scattered texts & limited emailing whilst we've been away.

Vicki & Pauls parents are now on their way home as I typ, having spent 2 full days up there - apparently Paul is staying put for the mo, till consultant can see him Monday, tho he was very chirpy today.

I reckon someone needs to lean on the hospital so he can be sent down south at the earliest now - Vicki might be able to do that when she heads north again at some point on Tuesday., tho am going to try & sort things out so I can go too (or drive her there)

CK

[JerryXt]

C, hope you had a good holiday. Could you give me a buzz - my phone's busted and I've lost your number. I can't get voicemail at the moment either...

Spoke to Bones a couple of times.

[CK & AK]

Jerry, you have PM mate

General update on Bones (aka Paul):
Unfortunately, he is still in Bangor hospital suffering from his broken ribs & collarbone, as well as having had a punctured lung. It now turns out that the drain that was put in the lung was not done correctly, so it didnt do the job it should have done and also Paul then contracted an infection in the wound. Over the past week he has been in a lot of pain from the wrongly fitted drain, suffered pneumonia, contracted MRSA and also had a seizure.
He has been moved to a different ward on Friday (room with a view of the mountains), and is a little more comfortable today tho still full of drugs - more happy that he saw his parents and Vicki for Thursday through to yesterday afternoon. Vicki is heading back up to Bangor on Tuesday and will be staying there till Paul is moved or ready to come home.
We will update you as and when we have more news, though Paul is now able to use his mobile phone now - but if you call him do keep it short please. If anyone wants his mobile number, please let us know.

If in the area, please DONT visit if you have any colds/flu - he is under strict germ prevention, you'll need to wash hands & also don gloves etc before approaching..... (same as usual at the race track then!)

He thanks Dan from Ducatisti for the pressie it has pride of place on the bottom of his bed

Hopefully an update later tomorrow after the consultant has seen latest x-rays

[CK & AK]

Tues 30th Sept: Update
Just been talking to Vicki, who is now there til Paul is released (so she tells us).
Paul has been moved today to the Moelwyn Ward (still in Bangor Hospital) which is a specialist chest ward.
He no longer has the chest drain as they want to see if the lung will mend itself (so less pain for Paul)
They are STILL awaiting the results on the lung infection (fliping NHS, waiting since last Friday morning for these).

I've got a large card which I will take to Cadwell DD racing this weekend, so if anyone who knows Paul/Bones wants to add a few words to it, please come & find me from early Saturday morning, I'll be there till the last DD race on the Sunday - complete with race van, caravan & bike

I won't be there at the weekend but please pass on my best wishes to Bones.

I got a text from Paul this evening to say he was dischrged this afternoon : )
I assume that some of you may also have got the same message, i got one supposed to have been for Claicerrig, so i recon he's probably still smashed on the morphine!
All being well, he should get back on his feet soon, shame i didn't get to say ta,da to him though.
Take care Paul mate.