Long haul..

On Sunday afternoon whilst at a lunch for my cousins 30th my Nan collapsed, after refusing to be taken to a hospital we took her to a doctor who then told her she needed to go to a hospital.

We sat in the emergency ward for 5 hours before nan got up and collapsed again, after they got her back into bed she started to panic because she didn't know where she was or who anybody was... she didn't even recognise my aunty Sharon.

eventually they freed up a bed upstairs and the carted my nan off. We had to write notes so that they could show nan that we were coming back to get her in the morning.

We got home super late so i took Monday off work so that i could go back with mum to the hospital. We popped in so that we could drop off nans medication but because she had to have more tests done we decided to leave so that she wouldn't keep trying to get up so we could take her home.

We went and sat at mums friends house because it was only around the corner. I was so tired because i hadn't slept much so i layed on the couch and started to doze off.

I had my eyes closed for all of 5 minutes before mum came back in panicked saying that nan is disorientated and is being nasty to the nurses so we had to go straight back.

When we got back nan was sitting refusing to take any medication and was yelling at the nurses and doctors. Once she saw us she started to calm down but she was seriously shaken up. The nurses asked mum to give her a Valium to calm her down which nan took without questioning it.

We sat with nan for a little while mucking around and joking when she tells us she need to go to the toilet. We get her up to walk her there when she goes all woozy and we had to put her back on the bed. We called the nurse in to help us out and she wasn't even in the room 10 seconds before my nan lost consciousness. all the alarms started going off and then nan came too for split second before everything went wrong, she stopped breathing and her heart stopped... Mum and i were rushed out of the room and a big cart was quickly wheeled in.

We were taken around to the lounge and asked to just wait.
Mum was a complete mess, which is to be expected. Not only is that her mother but my mum is a crier whereas me i don't cry i just get angry.

So here we were in the lounge for what felt like an eternity, mum was so upset and me being the big tough chick i am started to lose patience with my poor mess of a mum. I'm telling her to pull herself together and to stop crying because they were doing everything possible and things were going to be okay.... I guess I'm got getting any daughter of the year award!

They took my name to the ICU which is where she is now.

Eventually we were allowed in to see her, with tubes and wires everywhere all she kept saying was sorry. Thank god she was okay.

Amanda went back early with mum today because my nan was frightened again and yelling at the nurses so they went in to calm her down. I waited around for my uncle and then we made our way to the hospital. All nan wants to do is go home. She keeps telling me to sneak her home when nobody is looking and then get mad at me when i tell her she has to stay.

They have scheduled tests for her on Friday so it looks like she is going to be in there for a while.