"My wife’s hip replacement"

My wife is in her late 70s and in addition to a need to have her hip replaced, has various other health problems, both physical and an age related mental problem. I am her sole carer. It had become very important that her hip was replaced, but despite doing all the things required prior to her operation well, I was still stressed and concerned.

As it turned out everything (well almost) went very well. The doctors, nurses and everyone else were wonderful. There was a quiet efficiency and lovely mood of the staff within the PEOC, which raised my mood. This was even after my wife had a morphine complication and spent the night in ICU.

We departed, with myself in a much better mood and feeling more confident with having to cope with my wife’s convalescence despite her dementia. The only problem left was that I could not thank all of the staff involved and had to be content to just say a heart felt thank you for everything to a just a few