Long story short, my grandad was OK when I last saw him, but he had to have an operation on his eye due to cancerous cells on there. He had the op, no bother, all was good
Last Sunday night, he has a leg give way and was stuck on the floor.
My nan says, shall I phone someone, and (as granddads are) "no dont bother anyone, I'm off to bed"
He got himself upstairs, and couldnt manage to get into bed, and as he is an ex army bloke, very big built, my nan obviously couldnt shift him.
So he stayed there on the floor for the night (yes my nan should have done something, regardless).
My uncle finds out the next afternoon and immediately calls an ambulance. I find out and pop by from my way back from work.
I see an ambulance outside my grandparents, and think, ok they are checking up on him. I go inside and upstairs to see my Granddad as white as a ghost. Well more like grey
He looked like a dead person at that point, really shocked me..
He is diabetic, has to take blood thinning tablets and has a whole host of other things wrong with him, Kidney problems heart problems etc etc
He is pretty much comatose at this point, and once in the ambulance, I see him wave to my nan out the back (well lift his fingers).
In hospital, they find he has had a stroke and now pneumonia. He slept for 4 days before even doing anything. He has tried talking, a few things we made out which was very good news, especially due to the bleeding on the brain they found doing the brain scan.
So this meant the antibiotics were working!
Didnt go last night so I didnt have an update, this is cos when driving back home from work, I was like I had a really bad flu, and didnt want to pass it on to gramps. As everything was fine, I didnt go.
Went up tonight, got there before anyone else, and was talking to him and found it wierd I didnt get any sort of response.
The doctor called us for a chat tonight; The antibiotics are basically no longer working, they are giving him 2 days to 2 weeks. Moreso 2 days in the case of my Granddad.
My nan thinks everything is fine, as she got the nurse to check his temp, and was perfect. So she "is not worried".
What can I say to her to get her to realise its a bit more serious than she thinks. My Granddad is 87.
They are going to change the antibiotics tomorrow, but I dont bode much hope. He seemed to be doing really well at one stage as well...
Just wanted to get this off my chest.....
Sorry peeps