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Being sent home from hospital too early.

Being sent home from hospital too early.

My son is in hospital and there is talk of sending him home very soon. When I say 'my son', I mean the complete strager I visit every day in hospital who now speaks with a very Royal British English accent 24/7, is still wearing exactly the same suit, white shirt and tie that he was wearing when he was admitted ten days ago (he normally never even wears a suit) and won't wear his normal clothes that I have taken in to the hospital because he claims they are not his clohes - that they belong to 'Norman Percy'. When I asked who Norman Percy was, he answered 'a normal person'. Instead of showing any signs of improvement since being admitted to the hospital, he has actually become worse and the British accent even more pronounced. He was admitted May 4th. Today is May 14th. Every single day I have asked to speak to a doctor but every time been told there was no doctor available. When I eventually spoke to a nurse, he was amazed to discover that the person who used to be my son is Australian, not English. Yesterday another nurse told me my son could be releasd from hospital next week.This would be a disaster as he lives alone and I live in a small one bedroom unit in a retirement village so he wouldn't be able to live with me.His diagnosis is bi-polar disorder which he has lived with for many years but what is happening now has never happened before, He has turned into another person completely and I am very worried.
My question is this. Can anyone advise me of someone I could see re getting help in keeping my son in hospital until he is 'himself' again, before being sent home? Is there a Body or Society I can report the hospital to if he is released prematurely?

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Hi Darcy, I went to visit my son two hours after he had his ECT treatment this morning, fully expecting him to be napping in bed but no, he was fully dressed and sitting in the lounge room engrossed in reading a book. A book about the philosopher Thomas Aquinas and his teachings !! So much for the effects of ECT !!!!

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I gather in the same suit @Jo
Cockney yet?

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@Former-Member Yes, same suit. David Attenborough accent.

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I guess borrowing some clothes from Norman Percy whilst his suit is laundered might be too much for him @Jo

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Norman Percy's clothes are tucked away in a drawer. The suit has been worn every day for over a month now. The day I walk into the hospital and the suit and tie have been replaced by Norman Percy's jeans and jumper I will shout you a bottle of champagne @Former-Member.

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@Jo
Suspected even the thought of getting suit dry cleaned would be too much ...

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PS @Jo keep going with the self care, even if it means we risk another incident in the lobby

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@Jo wrote:

Norman Percy's clothes are tucked away in a drawer. The suit has been worn every day for over a month now. The day I walk into the hospital and the suit and tie have been replaced by Norman Percy's jeans and jumper I will shout you a bottle of champagne @Former-Member.


Hello @Jo
@a quick hello from overseas

hoping that some headway is taking place

you must both be feeling somewhat drained

thinking of you both

take care xxx


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Hi @Jo
Checking in to see how you are going.

I guess it is a bit like a marathon ... endurance necessary ... particularly when it all seems uphill.

Darcy
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