Thurs 24th Mar

I arrive at Lindseys new hotel! to find her sitting up in her chair and fully dressed this is the first time in a month that she has worn her own clothes. The previous evening the HCA promised Lins that first thing in the morning she would give her a shower and wash her hair, so I was a bit surprised to see that her hair was still unwashed, the explanation she was given was that they could not find anything to cover her cast to protect it from the water!! This is a hospital FFS surely these things are standard pieces of kit. A doctor came along in the morning to review Lins he seemed quite disinterested I asked when she would see a physio, His response surprised  me to say the least "well yes the physio will come along and do her own assessment of Lindsey but to be honest  while she is in her cast and immobile I'm not sure what they can do". I bite my tongue at this point ,its the first day I do not want to appear negative .
 Lunch time came and passed and still no physio has arrived ,I asked the nurse on shift and he said she would be seen in the afternoon. By 2pm she still hasn't seen anyone and as its such a nice I ask to have her put in the wheelchair so we can go out for some air. I leave my mobile number and off we go we went for a wander round the grounds,the sun is shining its a lovely day but here are no seats to sit on apart from the ones in the smokers shelter.We go for a cup of tea in the cafe and afterwards go for a wander outside the hospital, by the time I take Lins back she is quite tired,she asks to get on her bed as she is getting uncomfortable in the chair now. I leave to do some shopping for Lins and when Nic and I arrive back in the evening she has had her dinner and is sitting up on the bed, there is another lady in the room now.  David arrived with Ewan at around 645 and was promptly told by the ward sister that children were not allowed on the ward,this wasn't a problem last night it seems to depend who is on shift at the time. The explanation for this was that there have been a lot of viruses going around and it really was for his protection as much as the patients . This is where it gets slightly ridiculous, he is not allowed on the ward but he is allowed to go in the day room which is just across the corridor. So he can stand and wave and talk to her form across the corridor he just cannot sit buy her bedside!!!!! It would seem that  viruses cannot travel across the corridor to the day room. Heather arrived a bit later with Holly and she wandered straight on to the ward her and no one challenged her.