She recovered well from both this and the pneumonia and was back at Bowles Lodge a week later.
The legal process to save Bowles Lodge is over but the spirit of Bowles Lodge lives on!
- John Porter
- This blog is about a campaign I led to prevent Lancashire County Council closing the care home my Mum lived in. We lost our case in the High Court but decision-makers at local and national level were made aware of the devastating consequences of moving elderly people - no matter how carefully it is done. Mum was moved and, sadly, died eight months later. The blog is dedicated to her precious memory. Love you Mum.
This is Vera, my mum
This is Vera, my mum. "Why did Kent County Council move me out of Bowles Lodge?"
Monday, 12 September 2011
Mum in hospital
On 5th September mum was admitted to Kent and Sussex Hospital with pneumonia. When I arrived the doctors discovered she had Ventricular Tachycardia and a heart beat of 154. This was clearly their priority and if left mum would die. They administered a powerful drug through a special line (during the procedure mum stopped proceedings as she was peckish and asked for a biscuit which was provided!). This did not really work so they gave her a small anaesthetic and gave shocked her heart (not resuscitated) back to a normal rhythm.
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