Thurs 28th Apr

Last Thursday Lins had an appointment at the Haematology clinic,we assumed this is where we would get some answers as to why Lins had the blood clots that made her collapse. Alas this was not the case , the Doctor seemed very nice, Dr McTeirnan but like the others before her she had only skimmed Lins notes and kept asking us loads of questions she even dared to suggest that the clot might have been caused by her broken ankle, which is just ludicrous as we were told in the intensive care dept after her scan that these clots had been in her system for quite some time, we relayed this info to the doc who was oblivious, oh right,that's something I will need to look into,might have been an idea to look into before we actually got there! She had no answers as to why she had the clots there was nothing obvious showed up in her blood tests its been decided that she stay on warfarin long term since they have no idea what caused the clots.Since Lins left the ITC theres has been no continuity of care seems to be that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing its been a long and frustrating experience for all of us. On Tuesday we were back at the orthopaedic clinic we didn't see a consultant this time as he was on holiday, we were seen by the Senior Physio, she asked how we had been getting on since she last seen us a fortnight ago, I explained that since they put on her weight bearing cast she had not seen any physio and had not been given any kind of walking aid and therefore she wasn't getting along terribly well. She seemed a little surprised by this but made no comment. She said it was now time to get the cast off for good and so we went along to have it off, afterwards the physio came back and asked Lins if she could try putting some weight on her ankle she was screaming with pain, the physio decided to get some more en  x rays done just to be sure ,she looked at the results and said that yes it was all fine and she needed to now start putting her weight on her foot it would be painful to start with but with time it would get better. Before we left they gave Lins a splint support for her ankle to make it feel a little better they also issued her with a walking frame, the instruction was to practice a little each day at home and see them again in a month,meantime she would contact the community physio team to visit Lins at home,We  have been here before so Im not holding my breath.