Manky Monkey Motors

my dad was rushed into the hospital on monday.
he collapsed hes been on morphine ever since and still in the hospital.
He was took down for a MRI scan yesterday when they got him there the bloke that does them had buggerd off home and wont be back until tuesday  >:(  >:(

I'm sorry to hear that mate. Hope he gets better soon and they can sort him out.

thanks taz
my heads been all over the place this week  :(
i ain't touched the trike
my dad was going to visit my sister in the states on Tuesday thats had to be cancelled  >:(

Sincerest commiserations Mouse. Pass on our good wishes please.

i will do andy thanks

hey mouse,
so sorry to hear about dad. lets hope for speedy recovery.

Best wishes for a rapid recovery for your dad Mouse.

hmm hope he comes right m8...killing time in hospital can be hard...hope he's out soon...

best wishes mouse(idont know anybody personaly on here but that wont stop my thoughts going out to you )heres to a speedy recovery for you dad . all the best

Thanks everybody
ive been to see my dad today hes doing ok
hopefuly he will have the MRI tomorrow(tuesday)

Give him my best mate, I suppose the one positive of this is he didn't collapse mid Atlantic or in the states and at least he is near to home.

Our best wishes also,Fred and Joyce

Thank you all
The support and best wishes means a lot to me and my dad i print the posts off and take them in to show him
thanks again
mick aka mouse

oh and thanks for lending us his house whilst he's in Mouse ;D

sorry to hear about your dad m8.hope he gets better from jon and julie

all the best here too

Hi fella, hope all goes well today,wishing your dad a speedy recovery.

Quick up date dads had a CT scan today (tuesday)and is still waiting for the MRI

its now Saturday night
Ive been to see my dad today hes still in hospital waiting for the MRI scan  >:(
the xrays he had two weeks ago showed he has spurs growing off his spine
and pressing onto his spinal cord
his specialist has gone mad at the radiologist and keeps requesting a MRI so they can see if the spurs are operable
apparently MRI is the only way to see the spurs and the damage they are causing

Sorry to hear that. Is there another hospital with an MRI scanner as the one he is in sounds rubbish. So what's their excuse as I thought it was happening Tuesday gone. Don't blame you being very p'd off mate.

I reckon you should start pushing - talk to his GP , his consultants, the nuses, etc and find out how you can speed it up - my mate neede an MRI scan on her brain (she's had lots of mini strokes) and was told she might have to wait 3 months!  As it happened it was only a couple of weeks because her consultant pushed it.

Trouble is, there just aren't enough scanners, in spite of the enormous amounts of money raised by the public AND the huge sums that have been ploughed into the NHS only to be wasted on managers and their cars, and fancy computer systems that don't work!

Ooops sorry, didn't mean to rant.  But I know from experience that when dealing with the NHS you have to keep fighting your corner, and I hope when me and Mike are too old to do it for ourselves, that our children will fight for us.

hi taz and bg
my dads in the Leicester royal its a massive teaching hospital and the trouble is there too busy (there words not mine)
he was supposed to go for the MRI Tuesday taz but nobody collected him or even told him what was going on.
I have asked the nurses every time Ive been to see my dad whens the MRI ?
"we don't know when theres a space available"
I was at the royal at 2 am this morning (Sunday) my dad had flipped his lid because he was still waiting for the pain relive drug morphine which he had asked for at 9 PM Saturday that the time it was due  >:(
BG i dont blame ya having your rant

We send our best wishes to you and your family also. (Janie & Dave) xx

I don't really know what else to say but I hope they sort him out soon.

good news at last ive been at the hospital all day (sunday) and guess what
my dads had the mri all we need to do now is wait for the doctors to review it all and see where we go from there

Glad to hear it!

Great news.

update
we have had the results of the MRI my dads back has collapsed and all the gaps between the joint have got smaller which mean he will not be able to walk again.He can just about make it to the loo with the aid of two crutches.
But thats it.They cant operate on him they say its too far gone plus his age is against him hes 71.He will hopefully be going home this Monday or Tuesday as they cant do anything more for him.
we have the social services coming out to see about adaptations for the house and some sort of care package. Like me he lives on his own so he will need somebody to come in and look after him

Sorry about that Mousy. At least you now know what you are dealing with.

Hi Mouse, Sorry to hear the outcome about Dad. Best wishes from down south.

cheers Pete
at least hes still alive m8
life's gonna have to change for him now but I'm sure he will be OK

here he is in hospital last week
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/007mouse/DelHosp20thMar08002.jpg)

Looks good for a 71 year old!

hell yeah...looks younger than me!!!

hell yeah!  ;D (laughing)

omg hes gonna love you guys pmsl  ;D

dads home  ;D

Look after him mate. ;)

That's great news mousy  ;D

good to hear it,  are you sure he's 71? take care of him anyways  ;D