Thursday 23rd July 2020
After a successful night on PD in mum’s new bedroom at Walcha disaster struck. Whilst disconnecting herself from the machine and being out of routine unfortunately mum’s catheter was compromised which meant a trip to Tamworth Hospital to have her line changed. OOOPPPPSSSYY!

We had a quick breakfast and headed on our way after a few phone calls to the girls at Long Jetty. When we arrived at Tamworth Hospital mum presented with a temperature, so making sure she was okay and to ensure there was no risk of Peritonitis, which is one of the problems encountered with APD if the line is compromised, they admitted her just to be safe. They changed her line and then set her up for the night’s dialysis.

The hospital and staff were really lovely but mum wasn’t happy to be back in hospital, she has yoyo-ed in and out of hospital for about 10 months. We left mum in the hospital and headed back to Walcha at about 7.30pm that night. It had been a very long day of waiting around and then just keeping mum company. We were lucky we were even allowed in the hospital with the current Covid19 restrictions.