Testing times...........

I am struggling to accept the medical system here. The doctors in the hospital are excellent, demonstrated by the successful operation.

When I consider however what has happened today and how Kyla was treated, I struggle not to rush into the hospital now and to pull the nurses over and have a chat. ( putting it politely)

I can only assume that they are understaffed and overworked, but is this no excuse for rudeness and most of all non-communication? Surely anyone working in this field has some kind of compassion? ......or am I asking simply too much?

This evening at 19.00pm, Kyla was told that the baby was being moved to another floor and that she needed to stay with the baby 24/7 ( this is after previously being told she could only visit for an hour), as there was only one nurse on the floor. Whilst that might seem a half reasonable request, after all that must mean Aiy�la is getting better, Kyla walked into a room with a chair.
The nurses then proceeded to roll Aiy�la's cot into the room and plugged the various cables and tubes into a wall unit. ( I should add that the tubes are on her right hand and right foot, but the cables were plugged into the left hand side of the wall, making it impossible for one person to lift out) and without an explanation left the room.

Kyla was asked them if they could help lift the baby out if she needed to feed, to which she received a shoulder shrug. Lovely touch. Kyla did try and call the nurse when the baby needed feeding, but they would not come as they were too busy. This resulted in Kyla having to bottle feed her, which for any mothers reading this, upset her hugely, as she really wants to hold and feed the baby, her new little baby girl.

Kyla is worried about the tubes and cables, the lights and bleeping and has no idea what they are for and how to move the baby, but getting hold of the one nurse on the unit is proving to almost be impossible.

If I try to focus on a positive here, then I have to assume Aiy�la is improving, otherwise surely she would not have been moved to another floor? I hope. As for finding a doctor, this seems to be like finding a needle in a haystack.

We are all stressed out and are  feeling  helpless................ tonight. Tomorrow will be another day and I intend to find a doctor. I am not leaving until we have spoken to one, we have not had a medical update since Friday, which in my book is not good enough.