
Then by Ambulance to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, where for only hour I am in Ward ‘C’ close to Coronary Care and then moved into the CCU where I am from Wed – Fri). Then back to Ward ‘C’ (Sat – Tues) and then Ward ‘M’ until my discharge on Thursday.
As I move from one ward to another several of my fellow men are moved with me or slightly before my relocation. Thus a sort of Cardiac Quadrille takes place.
‘P’ is one such partner in the dance who has a permanent expression of anger. The TV is one most of the time. Only he watches it, especially Police Camera Action, Traffic Copsand 24 Hours in Police Custody(Channel 4). I overhear P tell his next bed neighbour that he had to attend a psychiatric evaluation as he attacked a suspected paedophile living his neighbourhood. No harm was done as P sunk the axe (bought specially for the purpose) into his victim’s front door frame. And, Excalibur-like, the axe remained embedded, immovable.

So my days passed. Marvellous medical people determined what was amiss with me and thus began the medication program to set me to rights. When I awoke on my last morning I took off my portable heart monitor and had my first shower for a long time, dressed in clean clothes and waited for the paperwork and Sian.
#lovenhs #nhswales #medicine #lovenhsstaff #nhs70)
That was in August, 6 – 16 (Home now, after eight days in cardiac units in South Wales.... The chance to watch and listen to some of the most professional people on the planet: Nurses were #Angels and Doctors were #Jedi. All of this was a mind-expanding experience.
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