by Anonymous | 9th May 2020 | The Covid Diaries
Saturday 9th May 2020 Our 1930s house has had no work done on it in the 25 years we have lived there, and not much prior to that. I have lived with a stained avocado bath suite which nothing would clean, a shower that hasn’t worked for decades and a vile and poorly...
by Anonymous | 25th Apr 2020 | The Covid Diaries
Saturday April 25th 2020 I once heard my Mum say, “we will get through this.” In the current situation of the Coronavirus, I think this saying matters very much. This story is written by me, a 10 year old child, living through this virus in the UK. My Mum...
by Anonymous | 23rd Apr 2020 | Clinician Stories, Patient Stories
Part 4: Resumption My parents in law had decided that my wife, son and I deserved a holiday. They were taking us to Portugal for a fortnight in September. I was delighted – something to look forward to. I was reliant on the wheel chair or crutches but I had...
by Anonymous | 21st Apr 2020 | Clinician Stories, Patient Stories
Part 3: The garden That evening I was taken back to theatre to have an external fixator fitted to the femur. The healing process had to start again. Fortunately the left leg fractures were healing well. I was now well enough to eat. I was getting more used to...
by Anonymous | 18th Apr 2020 | The Covid Diaries
Saturday 18th April 2020 This is all total madness! Wherever I look, I see the denial of the obvious. At my trust, we have the advice that Public Health England know best – their PPE advice is sufficient. But experience says the opposite. I saw a patient, elderly, in...
