Firstly, a sincere and heartfelt thank you for the messages of support, it meant a lot to me. It was a difficult afternoon and evening for us, but more so my wife.
When we arrived at the home we were told his chest infection wasn’t responding to treatment, we were assured that it wasn’t Covid-19. Outside his room we were kitted out with PPE, how doctors and nurses cope with that alone for the hours they are on shift I really don’t know.
He didn’t recognise us at first, the PPE didn’t help. But we wrote little messages that he was able to read and he acknowledged us. During our stay he did appear to be more lucid and brightened up, which was a relief and gave us hope.
When we were leaving, the home’s manager asked to see us, she went through a list that include DNR, preferred Undertaker, religious beliefs, did we want to be contacted at anytime of the day/night in the event of his condition worsening. All sobering and deflating, but essential and practical things, as life has to go on.
I had the phone on my bedside table last night and, to our relief, it didn’t ring. So, its one day at a time, which is what life has become for all of us of late. Stay safe and thank you again. AlbionFan