Last night didn’t exactly go to plan

[JoM]

The original plan was that we’d get a sleep before George arrived but as usual in our house it didn’t happen.

My Dad phoned, he’d been to the GP and had a suspected DVT so the GP had called an ambulance and he’d gone home to wait for it, three hours later he was still waiting. We went to sit with him, I messaged my sister to say that we were there and he was fine but couldn’t wait indefinitely as we had to get back, she was aware anyway that George was arriving.

An ambulance finally turned up at around 9pm and they arranged which hospital to take him to when John said that he’d pop over with anything that he needed if he was to stay in. Him saying that changed everything because they then decided that if John could go later then maybe it’d be better if he took him there and then. I told my sister and the reply was “what a waste of everyone’s time, good old John”.
Long story slightly shorter, it probably is a DVT. He had an injection and has to return today for an emergency scan, he’ll be called at some point with a time.

‘Good old John’ got home at 3.30am and managed about an hour’s sleep before work.
I called my sister this morning and it’s such a huge inconvenience for her to take him for this scan. It takes them an hour to get to him so she’s told him that he’ll have to tell the hospital that he has no transport and will need some arranging by them, but if they can’t then they’ll come over but can’t guarantee a time that’ll work with any appointment he’s given. Joe’s not in work but he’s gone with Jade as she has an interview and as a new driver she worries about driving to unfamiliar places so Joe booked the day off to go with her so that she’s not stressed when she’s interviewed.

[Ally]

Crikey Jo.

Hope he'll be ok. xx

Oh. And what a shame your sister might have been inconvenienced!

[JanB]

And what a shame your sister might have been inconvenienced!

Exactly that

[Kaz]

Oh blimey Jo! Hope your dad will be ok - and yes, your sister!!!.

[JoM]

They did eventually go over to him, guilted into it I think because he’d got a bus. I called him to see if he’d been called with an appointment time, he’d been told to ring if he hadn’t had a call by 1pm and I knew he’d tie himself in knots trying to find who he needed to speak to so would’ve done it for him.
Anyway, he was on a bus and was almost in Walsall (it would be three buses there and three back) and didn’t have a clue which bus he needed to get to the hospital from the town so I looked into that for him.
I asked him why he’d got the bus and he said he hadn’t wanted to bother anyone.

Julie messaged me a little while later and had obviously spoken to him and said they were on their way over to Walsall, because “he’s got the bus!”

It’s not a DVT anyway, the doctor he saw thinks it’s linked to the leaking heart valve which he’s known about for some years.

[Kaz]

Glad she eventually helped Jo xxx