It's now 13 days since Lucy got the pain in her neck and 9 days since we first took her to hospital (We took her to the GP the day before, 10 days ago)
Yesterday we didn't get the scan results, despite my calling the hospital and them promising to call back. What I did get was an appointment for first thing this morning to talk about the results and what was going to happen next. i.e possibly some TREATMENT
So we got to the hospital and were seen in just 15 minutes. Then told to wait for the neurosurgeon. What Lucy has is effectively a dislocation in her neck. She's been walking around for 13 days with it.
We waited for the neurosurgeon, and then waited some more. They got sorry for us waiting in the corrider (After 2 hours) so took us to a more comfortable room and put a dvd on for Lucy. They also brought her some lunch (Which she didn't eat) and me a cup of tea.
Finally we got the see the neurosurgeon who said they were going to admit Lucy and put a collar on her.
An hour or so later and we were on the ward.
So she's now in a collar and on regular doses of Diazepam to relax her muscles, and hopefully this is all she
will need to get better. There has been talk of manipulation under aneasthetic, but only as a last resort.
I feel so bad for her and all she has suffered. I am certain she could have been helped sooner.
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