"Discharge from hospital"

My mother-in-law, who is 84 and has terminal cancer, was due to get discharged from Ward 6b at QE Hospital in Glasgow yesterday morning. There were only 2 staff on. My mother-in-law's condition deteriorated,  she had a high temperature and was very jaundiced. It took us ages to get help.

My mother-in-law had an accident, and my wife - who is disabled - with the help of her brother had to shower her. We were confronted by staff asking why we were giving her a shower, and had to plead for towels.  It was 10.30 pm before her medication came and we were unable to get an ambulance home. The ward manager came up and said we would be helping out if we could take her home ourselves, if that was my mother I would take her home.

We had to wrap my mother-in-law up and take her to the car park in driving rain. We got home at 12 midnight. Thank goodness she is home to spend her last days at home with appropriate care.