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[Former-Member]

Still dont know for sure @Former-Member . Waited all day for a call from the hospital to confirm admission tomorrow, but it never came. 

By 4.30pm I had my booked accom at a hotel calling me to confirm booking. So I rang the hospital and got switched through to Admissions. She looked it up and said that he was booked for admission tomorrow. But that they could not yet confirm a bed was available. She said I needed to phone the bed allocation section tomorrow at 11.30am to see if a bed was available, and when.

So I just have to remain hopeful that it will happen. I had to confirm and pay for my accommodation, so will lose that if I have to cancel.

I'm such a stickler for planning and preparation, and knowing whats happening and when. So this whole process has been particularly difficult for me.

So we are mostly packed in the expectation that we will be heading off to the city about lunchtime tomorrow. If it happens, it will all be done in a rush.

So when I next talk to you all, I hope to be in the city. Spending my days at the hospital, and my nights holed up in a noisy hotel room above a pub. Missing my little Holly and wishing it was all over and done with. I hope to have wifi and be able to post.

Hi and thanks for your posts and support buttons @Ali11 @Shaz51 @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member @Zoe7 @outlander 

Sherry 💕

[Ali11]

Wishing you the best for tomorrow @Former-Member, if you are unable to get admission tomorrow, perhaps staying in the hotel room for admission the following day won't be such a bad idea. Keep up updated.  

[Former-Member]

Thanks @Ali11 . I have thought of doing that, but there again, there is no guarantee a bed will be available the next day either. I seriously considered just taking him to the hospital, bed available or not, and saying he's all their's. They would surely have to find a bed then. Or a corridor. The other issue being that the place Im booked in is above a pub. 2 flights of stairs and no lift. Hubby wont make it.

@outlander  I dont know why you never got a notification either. But I did post on the day that notifications were not working. And though you may have subsequently got the notification, it could easily be lost in the eventual flood when notifications finally all came through. You have been mia for a couple of days I think? Are you okay?

Sherry

[outlander]

Id say thats whats happened  @Former-Member  im really glad someone posted here tonight as i wouldnt have known but im here now and caught up. 

Ive been on and off. Up and down and round and round sorta thing with offline world again. Im ok tonight  though, thanks for asking. 

I really hope  things fall into place  tomorrow for you. You and hubby both need this admission  to happen. 

💕

[Zoe7]

Everything crossed for you that the bed is available and this hospital admission goes ahead today @Former-Member It is so difficult for you when so much is still up in the air and you are so far away also. Very much thinking of you today Hon 

[Former-Member]

@Former-Member  if your Mr is on a gold card, I am almost certain they pay for treatment at a private hospital, perhaps something to check on. They c

[Former-Member]

Thanks @Zoe7 , much appreciate your thoughts and care.  Very much fingers and toes crossed here for admission today.

Yes @Former-Member  my husband is DVA Gold Card, but the specialist he has been referred to (who treated him last year for autoimmune encephalitis) only operates in the public hospital.  The fact that hubby is actually a private patient, means nothing at all therefore.  He waits along with everyone else.  He doesnt get a private room either in the public hospital, even though he is entitled to one.  Its all about availability.  @outlander , good to hear you are 'back on the horse' so to speak, and feeling a little more in control of your emotions these past couple of days. I missed you for those couple of days you were quiet.

Sherry 

[Former-Member]

I would imagine there would be little in the way of private neuro inpatient services too @Former-Member . 

[Former-Member]

ED not a bad idea if no bed @Former-Member  that way scans/tests could be run and depending on results could become an emergency admission.

[Former-Member]

Very much an option @Former-Member if no bed today.