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Originally Posted by Hugh
Mother in law (aged 92, in a care home) had a fall last night (we got a call at 1am this morning), and she was taken to hospital with a suspected arm fracture.
Good news - it’s not fractured, but first bit of bad news was they were concerned about her breathing, and initial checks showed she had a chest infection.
As the Elderly Medicine Unit in Leeds is at St James (and she was at LGI), she was transferred this afternoon - we have just found out she has tested COVID positive, so she is being transferred to a COVID ward at St Jimmy’s.
We’re a bit broken up about this news...
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Good news - four weeks and two days after going into hospital, Mum came out yesterday evening, and is now safely ensconced safe and sound back in her Care Home.
She had marvellous treatment at St Jimmy’s, was given Hexamethasone (steroid) and Remdesivir (anti-viral), which made a huge difference.
They weren’t going to give her Remdesivir initially, but my brother-in-law (who works in Pharma) convinced* them, which was good - we will drive over later and wave to her through her window.
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they wouldn’t give her the Regeneron cocktail, no matter how much he tried...