My father is in hospital. He's 89 has COPD (cardiac obstructive pulmonary disease) which basically means his lungs are shot to pieces and has been for the last two weeks. It hasnt helped that he's in the hospital that was splashed all over the news the same week and also admitted to the same ward, the alledged nurse worked on. He's biligerent at the moment as he's bored, his oxygen levels are squiffy so he sees things like walls moving and objects that are not there. In the last 2 weeks according to him, he's
1. Been drinking in Didsbury
2. Propostioned by prostitutes
3. Been in a court martial
4. Wanted to kill half the ward as they're the enemy
5. Been out with my mum (who died in 2006)
6. Accused me of stealing his clothes.
7. Ignored me, then called me, then shouted he loved me.
8. My ex has visited (as if!)
9. Punched my childrens father (I wish)
10. Smoked!!
Tomorrow they're deciding whether he goes back into the home he left the last time in hospital (in june) to live in as we can no longer look after him in the way he needs to be. But it depends on whether his sats have settled and also if the oxygen they're installing at the home and what he will have to be on for 16hrs a day has been delivered. As a smoker for over 70 odd years, I give it 6mnths.
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