"My story is about myself"

I was admitted three days after my husband passed away. I was sitting in a recliner chair waiting my turn in A&E.  I was moved very quickly into a Store and given a trolley to lie on. I was not told much, only I was infectious.

I lay there for two days without anything. I asked a cleaner if I could get something to get washed. They eventually brought me a commode with a sick tray with soapy water in it. I was very sick and had to phone my daughter on my mobile, which I was lucky I had with me.

I was not allowed out of the room at all. I slept in the Store overnight for two nights. I was very distressed, with no one telling me what was going on, plus the fact I was grieving for my husband whom I had looked after for 30 years and he passed away just 3 nights before. I was very upset with no one to talk to just left in a Store Cupboard.

I then was told I had Pneumonia with Stage A Flu. I had no means of washing myself as the sink was broken in the Store Room I was in.  The whole experience was awful for me. 

I eventually was transferred up to the Acute Medical Ward where I eventually received wonderful treatment. I was on oxygen for the duration of my time in Hospital. 

Unfortunately, the patient beside me passed away and I had to relive the trauma of that all over again after my own husband had passed away 3 days before that. 

It was such an awful experience for me but I would say I was well cared for when I was admitted to a ward.