Sectioned in Hospital: Day 121 - Day 124

Written by Fox.

DAY 121 - 124: 6th November, Friday - 9th November, Monday

Not much has really happened over the last few days. I was out yesterday all day and even helped the staff cook a roast dinner which I really liked doing. I even ate the meal. I did quite well according to the staff. Everyone seemed to love it. It's complicated cooking for 11 people though!

Today Keri had her physical obs done as it's Monday. She was very confused at first because she thought it was Sunday. She'd missed out a day because I'd been out. Her obs were predictable: blood pressure slightly slow, pulse over 100, as usual. She was very glad when she got weighed though. Me and Clari have been eating but Keri's lost over 2kg. How that works I have no idea.

Keri had a quick conversation with Fiona but needed to go to bed as she was in really bad pain from a headache. They spoke about Sally. Apparently if she starts kicking off too frequently and the police start repetitively getting involved then they'll have no choice but to move her to a more secure ward, and the likelihood is that it would be ECH (the acute female secure ward). The problem with this is that in Sally's eyes it's classed as a threatening environment and Sally will be out constantly, and will refuse to let Keri back out until she's moved to a less dangerous unit (it's a unit that is allowed to take patients who have been found guilty of a crime and been court ordered to hospital). But if Sally stays out then she won't get moved, then she'll get worse and so on. A vicious circle. Hopefully we don't get to that point.

Unfortunately Keri's had a severe migraine all day and has had to spent most of the day in her bedroom with the curtains shut and stay lying down to stop the world spinning around. She's a bit better now but still a nagging headache. Instead of having a bad migraine, her head hurts less but she's very tense and short tempered. When she went to get her medication earlier this evening she mentioned this to the staff. He offered Keri some extra Lorazepam but she's going to have it with her sleeping tablet instead. It'll mean an early night. Even though she's tense, all she wants to do is lie down because of her headache.