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| Time is running out for our warrior of a father, Paul Scoble. He is currently laying in Critical Care Unit of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital.
He suffered a stroke in mid August and despite making progress, the doctors want to switch off his life support.
The odds have been stacked against him from day one;
*second bleed after clot buster drug
*lung infection, due to tracheotomy
*water on lungs,due to negligent use of water sponges by nurses despite being told numerously that its dangerous for tracheotomy patients
*faulty 'a lines' left in, despite requests by neuro physios for it to be moved, causing a thumb to turn completely black - our Dad will most probably lose all of it.
He woke up after heavy sedation at around week 4 and he is able to move his right hand, arm and leg. (Even both legs the other day...think MC Hammer dance!!)
He can even mouth 'I love you' (and get me out of here!) but there is no sound due to tracheotomy.
The doctors have twice put a Do Not Resuscitate on our Dad, we managed to get it lifted the first time but doctors refuse to lift it now their reason for this is due to a faulty heart valve.
He needs an operation on his heart to fix two faulty valves but the hospital have refused due to his size. We have heard about TAVI Mitral valve surgery by Dr Vinayak Bapat at St Thomas' Hospital in London and men much bigger than Dad have survived this operation.
All we ask is that our Dad is given a chance at life, if he doesn't get this operation he will die. His situation has become pretty desperate over the last couple of weeks, he has been having panic attacks brought on by hearing doctors discussing switching off the machine. As you can imagine, he's terrified and so are we.
The doctors have met and decided he is to receive no more treatment, even though the drugs being given are damaging to the kidneys, should a problem arise they have already stated that they will take no action.
They tell us we cannot move our father to another hospital, as he is from Harlow.
We want our Dad moved to a hospital that has the capability and desire to save his life (preferably St Thomas') He's a 48 year old father of two, who hasn't yet walked his only daughter down the aisle or held a first grandchild. He isn't a statistic, he's our world, so much more than just a father and we refuse to give up on him because he's never given up on us.
Please Join our plight, thank you in advance
Dannii and Leon xxxx |
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04-11-2014 18:17 PM
sounds like there have been a load of screw ups, question is whether we can find a way to get him transferred to a hospital which can address his needs.
