Budge shares more about his family’s social care nightmare – part 3

In part three of this little series David Price aka Budge is back to talk to me more about the nightmare that he and his wife Gina have been going through.

If you haven't listened to parts 1 and 2 yet I highly recommend that you listen to them first so that you're fully up to date on the terrible situation that this wonderful couple have been dealing with.

Today Budge is sharing more about the OCE (listen to part to if you want to know more about the nightmare they experienced when there!) and what happened when Gina was moved to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. 

We talk about the plate that Gina had put in place and the eight hour operation that she went through. Budge shares the relief and surprise that he felt when he walked into the room following this long operation to find Gina sat there alert and able to have a conversation with him!

Even though they had a great experience that time, there were two previous occasions that always stand out to Budge. He recalls these two standout occasions that made him question the care that Gina was getting.

On one occasion, he went into Gina's room to find her in complete darkness - no blinds open or lights switch on! - and then he discovered a rod on the floor which he thought was for her chair. He went to see a nurse who had come on shift, worried that someone might help Gina into a chair that could break. As he found out the rod was a guide to put the nasal feeder in and as Gina had pulled the feeder out one night, it needed to be put in again. As you imagine Budge was very surprised that this had happened a few nights before because no one had put the mitten on that stopped Gina from being able to pull out any of her tubes or wires.

Listen on to find out what the second standout occasion was that made them question the level of care provided by the hospital and about the lack of support they've received since Gina was discharged!