“ Whats up with your eye?”
So asked a patient’s relative moments later after I started to talk to him in the ward office
The sclera of my eye had turned an unsightly red giving me the look of a fat friendly zombie, which is not the look you want to have when you are sharing support on a hospice inpatients department.
Roger had given me a right swipe last night
I irrigated my eye with chlorampenicol eye drops nicked from the work fridge but when I got home my eye felt sticky and painful
Sailor John was waiting for me when I walked to the cottage.
Old Trev had had a fall in his garage and had just been carried to bed by a young passerby who had heard his calls after lying there for a few hours.
I was happy to help sort him out ,
His niece will be accompanying him for a check up in hospital in a few hours time.
Ambulance waits in wales are calculated in hours
It’s a scandal
Typical of Trev , after we had assessed his pain , and warmed him up with multiple duvets and after I got him to show me he hadn’t broken his hip
He said in his sing song , welsh accent, his tiny face peeping from under the bed clothes
“John , do you know you’ve done something to your eye?”
Do you supposed you need to see an eye doctor n case your eye needs further tx?
ReplyDeleteHope Old Trev is none the worse after his fall.
Creepy pictture!
Hugs
It feels better with my eye drops
DeleteThat young passer-by deserves a reward for helping Old Trev. Do you know who he or she was?
ReplyDeleteI do , and I’ve thanked them YP
DeleteYour black eye sounds very sore and the new symptoms: sticky and painful do not sound like things are improving. Will you consider seeing your eye doc?
ReplyDeleteYes x
DeleteWhat a great neighbor and friend you are.
ReplyDeleteI hope your eye heals quickly.
Take Care,
Kaye
Park City, UT
Welcome x
DeleteHoping you and Trev are both OK. Sending hugs. xx
ReplyDeleteSailor john has just called around to check how he is , he’s been admitted for “ tests”
DeleteWhich means bloods
You are certainly a great asset to your village, turning out to help when needed even after a long work day and your own injury.
ReplyDeletececi
Lol, xx
DeleteIt was lucky that the passerby heard and went to help Trev - I do hope all is well xx
ReplyDeleteSad he was on the floor 4 hours
DeleteMaybe an eye patch so you don't frighten anyone. And you can practice speaking like a pirate...
ReplyDeleteE
Or singing like Gabrielle
DeleteI hope Roger didn't scratch your cornea. Perhaps you should have a doctor check things out just in case.
ReplyDeleteHe has debra but the drops helped
DeleteYou're a good 'un, dear John.
ReplyDeleteHoping Old Trev is none the worse for wear, and your eye heals easily. Do think you should have a doctor take a quick look-see. The "sticky and painful" description after the chloramphenicol eye drops is concerning.
It’s a lot better now , but looks crap
DeleteGlad you were able to help your neighbor. Hope your eye feels better soon.
ReplyDeleteX😀
DeletePoor man, or men in this case. Was old Trev on the floor long enough to worry about rhabdomyolysis? When I worked on medicine we would once in awhile get an elderly person in who had laid on the floor for quite awhile and then ended up with rhabdomyolysis. Hope he's feeling better soon, and you too.
ReplyDeleteI’ve see some dreadful rhabdomylysis cases in my time , he’s ok, lots of micro moving
DeleteHope you and Trev recover soon. Boxing gloves for Roger for Christmas perhaps!
ReplyDeleteSlippers
DeleteI'm so glad that kind passer by heard and helped Trev! It could have been even worse.
ReplyDeleteIt's horrible carrying on as normal with a black eye. I suffered one during a game of squash and it was a nightmare for ages!
Well it’s the Scera rather than around the eye
DeleteGood that a passer-by was willing to help. Well done both, hope his checkup goes ok
ReplyDeleteThe boyfriend of a girl who lives around the corner, he lifted him and carried him into the house
DeleteSeveral thoughtful people in this post. So, Nurse John, does your eye need to be checked out by a professional?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteVery accident-ridden post. Hope everyone recovers nicely.
ReplyDeleteStory of my life
DeleteOnce when I was petting my cat she moved and a tiny piece of one of her toenails FLEW into my eye. I tried to get it out myself and couldn't. I had to go to an optician to have it removed. I called it "cat shrapnel."
ReplyDeleteAll to say eye injuries from pets DO happen! Hope your eye recovers soon and Trev as well.
Keep u posted x
DeleteEach of you cared about one or more people. I do hope you eye feels better. x
ReplyDeleteThat’s what you do
DeleteHope your eye heals quickly John, Was Roger being playful ? ..... Hope Old Trev makes a full recovery as well. XXXX
ReplyDeleteHe’s a clumsy old soul
DeleteGet your eye checked out John, I had Keratitis earlier this year, and it was bloody horrible!
ReplyDeleteNo injury as far as I can remember, but awoke at 2-30 one morning with the most dreadful pain in my right eye.
Rang Dr, thinking it was just conjunctivitis, which I get fairly frequently. He basically forced me to call our local Optometrist team, emergency appointment for same afternoon, and seen at Hospital Eye Clinic as an emergency at 9-00 the next morning! It was Keratitis, otherwise known as a Corneal Ulcer, which if left untreated can actually cause loss of some, or all, vision in affected eye. After two weeks of Anti biotic eye drops, the last ten days of which I also had steroid eye drops, and it was all cleared up and gone! I did have to wear an eye patch for over a week, Aaarrgghhh lad! X
Noted dearhearheart
DeleteMay you and Old Trev both get set to rights quickly.
ReplyDeleteThank u darling
Delete"Eye drops nicked from the work fridge" - isn't nicked another word for stealing? Presumably those eyedrops had been prescribed for a patient. Isn't stealing a sackable offence where you work?
ReplyDeleteYou presume wrong
DeleteThan our animals cost us in ways we haven't even expected ...a hard right to the eyeball. Take care. Hugs.
ReplyDeletetypo...Then
DeleteShe’s not really , even the Angel Agrees
Deleteoh saviour john swoops in to save the day again. we all donate to our hospice and church etc but saint john thinks its ok to steal prescription meds from the cupboard! is this not against the nurses code?? i am sure as usual he will come up with a quickly made up excuse. but of course they are for saint john so it s fine. hopefully you got back in time to open the door to another yet young gentleman from the vllage from grinder!!! quite the reputation in the village now for his ''tastes'' in scruffy much younger men in tracksuits and work clobber!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are a sad disgusting peeping tom anon... what ever must go on in your toxic mind on a daily basis must make you dry and uninteresting; you should try a little kindness now and then it might save you your bitterness..the bitterness and jealousy you reek of.
DeleteJo in Auckand
Oh dear what planet do u live on
DeleteFirstly I obtained permission to utilize a stock eye drop which really was cost effective as it allowed me to stay on duty and not go off sick to the nearest minor injury unit.
As for the fantasy of back.door liaison accusations .if only !!!!
What larks pip!
Then why didn't you say that instead of beng clever saying you "nicked" the eye drops?
DeleteI write as I write, your sadness has always been your lack of understanding irony and the nuances of English language
DeleteNick is a verb meaning to steal.
DeleteFor you to lecture on the use of the English language is laughable.
You give yourself away with your misguided single subject tenacity.
DeleteWell, Anon apparently knows all that goes on in the village!
ReplyDeleteWell, they don't, they're just a sad little keyboard warrior!
As far as John is concerned, he/she/it couldn't be more wrong!
I wonder what sort of warped pleasure Anon gets from spitting such bile all the time.
Maybe they should step away from the keyboard, and try to have a normal life, rather than sitting in semi darkness being slowly consumed by the acid flowing through their veins!
Big breaths col , she’s not really worth reacting to
DeleteIf Anon gets you so riled up Col perhaps you need a sit in semi darkness to recover. It really isn't anything to do with you though is it? A step away from the keybpard is what you need.
ReplyDeleteAnd the game continues ….. Anon I really do t know why you bother…but you have an obvious psychological need to continue
DeleteOooh, Anon made a typo....what, pray tell is a 'keybpard'?
DeleteAs you are
ReplyDeleteOooooh Col you missed John's typo!
ReplyDeleteThere's more than one "Anon" commenting here.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the lack of punctuation in the anonymous comment regarding what goes on in the village it is very similar to the comments made by another prolific commenter who often makes several comments on each post.
Really “ June”
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