On the 5th July my dad was taken to hospital with sepsis markers, but actually tested positive Covid-19, I tested and was too positive.
He came home the following day, and was confined to upstairs as we don't have a loo downstairs, but it was hard there as it hit 31c.
On the 13th, he called me in to his bedroom at 7am as he had stabbing pains in his stomach, at 4:30 I was called by the hospital to say that he had a Perforated Ulcer and Peritonitis, and would require surgery, and he had a 40% change of survival, My sister was in Bury St Edmonds for an overnight stay, she did a 1½ drive in 1 hour, and was able to see him before he went to surgery.
I slept on my sister's sofa. The following day we went to see him in ICU, but as he had Covid we had to don full PPE protection and wear a air filter, a consultant said that they were supporting his heart and other organs, and he had a 20% chance of survival, and if his heart stopped they wouldn’t do CPR as it wouldn’t be in his best interests both my sister and I agreed, so I spent another few nights at my sister.
They started to remove sedation several days later, but had to reverse it and put him on dialysis, but a few days later it was removed, on Saturday 23rd he was moved to HDU (It’s the same, but the person doesn’t need sedation or support), his brother saw him on the 24th, and that evening I was at my sisters having a BBQ when HDU flashed on my phone and a surgical team spoke saying that there was a blood from the surgery site, but they didn’t know if it was external or internal, if internal it would require urgent surgery and he would be unlikely to survive.
The following day we were told that it was just external.
On the 27th as we were sitting there was a bed available, but he required a single room so stayed.
Yesterday (28th) he was moved to a single room, he’s slowly getting there.
He is talking but, struggles with what day it is, and he wants to come home (but this is unlikely before August end), he’s even planned an escape, by saying he wants to go to the loo, but walk home.