"saved my leg"

Ive personally written to ward c5 to say thankyou. I raced at donington on june 21 2014 on a motorcycle and was involved in an incident. I had open fractures to leg and lost a bit of blood,also had compartment syndrome. I work for the nhs up north and i can tell you now we uphere are behind queens in the care and treatment table! My care was totally first class,without fault. Im alive and hobbling about on two legs just five weeks since my crash and thats all down to the ambulance/paramedics,surgical team,nurses and staff on c5. I could have died and really should have lost a leg. The staff on c5,cleaners,ladies who brought food,nurses,physios,were so helpful,nothing was too much trouble,everything was organised. Id never been in hosp before andthe whole bed pan thing was too much for me,too embarrassing. The nurses were so busy but anytime i asked to be hoisted to the toilet they never made me feel like it was a problem. At 4am one morning i had a catheter problem and bed was wet,i was dying of embarrassment,the nurse changed my sheets,cleaned me up and joked the situation away. Cant tell you how grateful i was for how she handled that,no fuss,no embarradsment. All i can say is thankyou but its no way near enough. Superb hospital with amazing staff.