"Nursing Care given to my beautiful Mum at End of Life"

My mum had several falls at home and after using the home alarm system we called an ambulance. Firstly the paramedics who attended mum were great and calmed her down as she's never been a fan of medical interventions that potentially put her into hospital 🏥 

She was admitted initially to IRH receiving ward who were quick to give mum tests to ascertain what's happened to her. Tests showed mum not well with urine infection, pleurisy and fluid around the heart she was them taken down to Ward 2 where they swiftly got mum on fluids, IV antibiotics and they discovered her potassium was lowso that too, and fitted with Oxygen.

What can I say what a team they all showed mum love,care and compassion from the very start, I can't remember all their names but the ones I do remember that could always settle mum when she got distressed and any treatment she needed they were right on it.

Alan ( head nurse) Lee and the young female nurse who'd sit with mum in her room doing her notes absolutely amazing humans. It rapidly became apparent that despite the treatments mum wasn't making much improvement and we were taken into a room with the consultant and Lee for that dreaded discussion, mum was too frail and wasn't going to make it. Our world as we knew it was turned upside down as our Mum was our Queen. 

She was then moved to Ward 3 where the same excellent care compassion and love was shown to our Mum again names escape me but I do remember a nurse called Joanne who Mum really took to.

We can't thank these guys enough the love,care, compassion and dignity they showed our Mum in this her end of life journey was phenomenal, they were always attentive to us which was a very difficult time for us as we prepared to lose our wonderful Mum.

From the bottom of my heart thank you.