Wednesday 23 February 2011

The Waiting Game......

....Well, after the outpatients appointment we just had to wait for them to contact. After talking with two family members who work with the NHS, we were told by both of them not to just leave them to get in contact with us, as this would not get anything done anytime soon, so me and Alan both agreed that we would ring the surgeons secretary once a week to find out if anything has come to light about dates etc,. We rang the hospital on 20th January 2011, and were informed that the surgeon was off for a week and that she would be back 1st February 2011....so we just had to wait until then to see what was going on.
We then rang the surgeon's Secretary on 2nd February 2011 to find out what's moved forward with regards to a date...were told that our surgeon was talking to another surgeon (who i guess was a higher surgeon than she is) to arrange an operation date, and because she has already seen Maisie at out local hospital there was no need to have an unnecessary outpatients appointment with her at the Royal London....try again next week it is then....
We have started to notice that Maisie's right leg (the good one) is now starting to give way or buckle under her when she's walking..could this be too much muscle pressure with all her weight....or is this leg dislocating as well...as worrying as it is, we had to have it checked out, and although we don't want Maisie to have another x-ray, we knew that we had to be sure before she went in for her surgery....the doctor reluctantly let us have another x-ray and did warn us that the radiographer might say no to having it done so soon after her last one, GP also would write to the surgeon and tell her our concerns about Maisie's deteriorating and worrying state....
...So, the next day 9th February 2011 we took Maisie for her x-ray, and they did let her have it, when they told us to ring our GP in a weeks time, we expressed our concerns and explained Maisie's condition, so they found a Consultant to check the x-ray over for us...which was really nice of them to do that...luckily it came back that her right leg looks normal..which is fantastic!!!! We also spoke to the secetary again today, and were told that our surgeon has left a message for the other surgeon to arrange an operation date and that they would contact us as soon as they have a date for Maisie!!!....
 
Steph xxxx

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