"Excellent surgeon but poor post op care"

Everything was going so well. Operation was a success. Wonderful consultant. But after returning to the ward and having a mouthful of coffee,

I vomited and felt too sick to eat or drink. The last food or drink I had was on the Sunday night before the op. The next day, I asked for some diluted orange cordial but was given concentrated orange juice and vomited again and felt too ill to eat or drink. By Thursday I was starting to feel cold and shivery. My temperature was too high, my blood pressure way too low, I struggled to speak and I was experiencing double vision. I was taken for an ex-ray and suddenly felt a thirst like I've never experienced before. I got back to the ward and asked for a jug of diluted orange cordial which this time I received. I drank two jugs of it. After that things began to improve and I wondered if I should have been put on a drip but as I have no experience or knowledge of these things I just didn't know.

All I knew was that I felt ill and nauseous with no appetite so couldn't eat or drink. I feel that someone should have been in a position to recognise that I was dehydrated and take the appropriate action before I reached the stage I did.