After creeping out of the room and going to the 7/11 for coffee I sat on the steps going down to the beach. It had taken all my energy just to go round the corner for the coffee. I wanted Dave to sleep because he had lost so much sleep as well.
Suze and Cathryn were up early as Cathryn was flying to Perth and her flight was 10am. Suze was going to the airport with her. They were both shocked to see me up and sat on the steps. Suze was very worried about how I looked.
When they went in to get ready I went back in the room and Dave woke up. I told him that I was no better and was not sure what to do. I did not feel at ease with the Samui International Hospital. I don’t know weather it was the cat spraying up the wall in A and E, or the fact that they had sent me away 3 days before. John and Rebecca that own the Secret Garden recommended the Bandon hospital. We were sat talking to her about it when Suze got back from the airport. She was in floods of tears and very distraught at Cathryn going. We told her that I was going to go to the hospital and she said straight away that she was coming.
The owners of Secret Garden ordered us a taxi and it appeared quickly. By this time I was in a daze and they could have taken me anywhere. We drove to the hospital and approached it by an outdoor eating area. I did wonder where I was. There was a lady boy on the door. I was met by English ex pat who worked for the hospital sort of as a liaison officer dealing between the patients and the insurance companies.
As quick as a flash I was seen by a doctor, blood pressure done temp and x-rayed. I say as quick as a flash I was as slow as a snail.
She quickly diagnosed Pneumonia and said that I need intravenous anti biotic and a drip to replace lost fluids. At this news I burst into tears, so did Suze. Dave was in between us trying to issue words of comfort to both of us. I was sooooo tired and weary.
They led me through to a room that had narrow metal beds close together and an Old Thai woman on one of the hawking her guts up.
I thought my God I have to stay here. Be brave if you have to do it, it has to be done.
They used this room to put a canella in my hand was I glad that I was not stopping in there. They then transferred me to a wheelchair and took me to a room. It was a nice room with a TV own bathroom etc.
There were lots of people fussing round me putting up drips taking my temp etc. They then came in to get blood gas samples and these are taken from the veins deep inside you so they hurt. I am no stranger to needles but ouchhhhhh!!! They took it from my wrist, hand and ankle.
I was so hot I had the aircon on full belt but sweat was pouring off me.
I asked Dave and Suze to get me some things. I was glad that Suze was there as she would understand what I wanted and my preoccupation with knickers !! Dave bless him once brought me clothes to go home in after I had had one of the kids that would have been more suited to a summer ball. LOL
They left and I tried to sleep. It evaded me. I think that my temperature was so high that I was in a really strange state thinking about weird things and different thoughts flashing through my head. I have always loved Samui I wanted Suze to love it to. I did not want anyone to say that I should not have come. I worried about this because my health is not good I knew that some people would think this.
Jane the liaison officer rang to say that she had been in touch with the insurers. I got paranoid thinking that they would refuse to cover it. You know riddle out of it some how say that I had a chest infection in 1987 or something. Dave said it does not matter what the cost is the main thing is getting you right.
I ordered a sandwich. You ordered your food like you do in a hotel. I knew I needed to eat something. I just could not eat it I had no appetite at all. I had ordered a pot of tea and drank this black and weak.
Dave had brought me my mobile so I rang one of my sisters and my son Morgan. I then started to get phone calls from home to the hospital room which was a great comfort.
Dave and Suze came back with my stuff. I asked Dave if he would help to shower me down I was swearing so much. He did, rolled me in talc and helped me re dress. I was exhausted and sweating again by the time I got in bed. I was berated by the nurses for moving when then noticed that I was changed.
Day moved into night and I was the same as I had been on other nights coughing and could not breathe although I was on permanent oxygen. My saturation levels were 92 even with the oxygen. I was also now coughing up blood.
I am ashamed to say that I felt all together sorry for myself and lay in bed and cried.
Dave and Suze arrived straight after breakfast the day after. They had eaten in a small Thai place the night before and said that it was excellent.
I was not much better. My nurse had introduced herself to me and told me that her name was lung……….. the irony was lost on her.
No change really today nothing to report.
I felt that I had been looked after. The biggest problem was being bit by mossies !!
I insisted that Dave and Suze went to the beach at chong mon and tried to salvage something there was no point all three of us being sat in that room and it exhausted me to speak for any length of time.
As told them just to come back later. I spent a strange afternoon floating somewhere. Looking out of the window at the lush tropical vegetation and seeing the butterflies and birds fly past.
How long was I going to be here? Was I going to get better? Some celebration for my 50th. I know it is not until 3rd August but this holiday was to celebrate it. Were the insurance going to cough (pun) up. Not as much as me you bet yer life.
To be continued………….
