To start with, I should say that I really, really don't mean this as an NHS-bashing thread.
I'm just kind of "stuck" in a situation and I am hoping for advice or a bit of insight.
I think I've said before, a year or so ago my neighbour (the retired postie) lost his foot.
he recovered well and was doing fine but earlier on this year he was taken back into hospital due to an "infection" in his leg.
That was in May and he still isn't home yet.
I just can't understand what could be happening that it's kept him in hospital for 6 months.
I find myself thinking that there shouldn't be ANY problem that can't be fixed within a couple of months hospital stay, can there?
Assuming it isn't some kind of ongoing, degenerative, problem of course.
It's become a bit of a concern for us because we're friends with them and he asked us to look after his missus while he was in hospital.
She suffers from dementia and needs help with all sorts of stuff so we're around there almost every night to ensure she doesn't leave the oven on or leave the bath running etc.
It's also a bit awkward because he phones her from the hospital and then she forgets what he's told her so we never really know what's going on.
Their son lives in Dundee and he's quite happy to keep out of it and let us look after his mum.
I've talked to the postie and asked him to phone us directly, just so we know what's going on, but he doesn't seem to be very forthcoming with information either.
I guess we'll just keep on doing what we're doing in the absence of any new information but it's just a bit frustrating.