Devondancer update

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:01 pm

That's great news, Ro, but please don't let Leslie overdo anything!

I agree about the solicitor - good luck with that, you both deserve it.

HDSarah · Post by **HDSarah** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:51 pm

Ro and Lesley, I'm so glad to hear good news again! I must say, though, that you've made me confused about my own health: I THINK I just have a lingering common cold that makes me blow my nose all the time, but maybe I'm just going through all these tissues because I keep reading this thread obsessively.

Pursuing a lawsuit sounds like a good idea. Best of luck with it.

Cork · Post by **Cork** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:09 pm

Let me be blunt, here, please, but perhaps a legal pursuit could amount to but little.

I do wish you the best of luck and success with such a thing.

However, expect little, and you might not be disappointed, frankly.

BTDT.

devondancer · Post by **devondancer** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:58 pm

I know - and I may yet have my arm twisted by Lesley and change my mind! However, for my own sanity I probably need to do something. Seeing her yet again sobbing in agony is something I cannot forget.

However - she is fine now, and COMING OUT TOMORROW

She has been kept tonight just to be absolutely sure she is OK, then tomorrow she has the short trip round to the side of the hospital where our flat is!! And this time, I am keeping her there! At least until we go home properly. We have to stay until she has this next set of stitches out (my poor patchwork wife) and then the surgeons here think that, heart-wise, Lesley is fit enough to go home. Real home! This is just wonderful. Not just that we can go, but that she is actually well enough!

We will still have to go to our own hospital once a week for checkups, and come back here once a month to start with, but we will be home! It will be a long time before Lesley really gets back to normal, but with decent physio (we hope) and with time she will get there. I would like to dance and shout, tonight! Would probably get arrested, but it might even be worth it. She really is getting properly better.

I suppose the shares in Puffs will go down now - sorry Missy! And HDSarah might at last get over her cold!

Tomorrow we will have a BIG party (knowing Lesley when she comes home it will be a slumber party!). I can't wait.

Ro

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:13 pm

missy · Post by **missy** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:49 pm

devondancer wrote:
I suppose the shares in Puffs will go down now - sorry Missy!

Believe me, it's worth my stock going down if it means Lesley is coming home!!!!!!!

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:00 pm

Cork wrote:Let me be blunt, here, please, but perhaps a legal pursuit could amount to but little.

I do wish you the best of luck and success with such a thing.

However, expect little, and you might not be disappointed, frankly.

BTDT.

You cannot do it with expectations of full success and certainly not for any monetary recompense, but from the standpoint of illustrating and illuminating the very real danger to caregivers and patients alike, it is absolutely warranted.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:05 pm

devondancer wrote:...

Tomorrow we will have a BIG party (knowing Lesley when she comes home it will be a slumber party!). I can't wait.

Ro

Here's a tip o'the large cup'o'Sleepy-Time Tea for her!

(I may just break out one of those orphaned Guinnesses meseff) What's for you, Ro, me dearie? Care for the other Guinness? (sorry guys, that's about the extent of the options.

)

So good to hear! So very good to hear!

Cork · Post by **Cork** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:10 pm

anniemcu wrote:
Cork wrote:Let me be blunt, here, please, but perhaps a legal pursuit could amount to but little.

I do wish you the best of luck and success with such a thing.

However, expect little, and you might not be disappointed, frankly.

BTDT.
You cannot do it with expectations of full success and certainly not for any monetary recompense, but from the standpoint of illustrating and illuminating the very real danger to caregivers and patients alike, it is absolutely warranted.

In this instance, perhaps legal action could go roughly nowhere.

The trouble seems to occur in equating justice and morality with legality.

Justice is justice, and then there is the law.

Other than that, I am delighted to hear of Lesley's health improvement.

Wonderful!!!

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:08 pm

Smiles here too!

Susan

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:12 pm

Roland wrote:I would like to dance and shout, tonight! Would probably get arrested, but it might even be worth it.

Yes, that would make a fine YouTube vid, indeed.

djm

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:13 pm

Glad for the good news. How nice that real home is the goal.

I had forgotten about the legal aspects. As I'm not a lawyer, I'll leave that stuff for you two to handle.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:29 pm

I would say, regardless of what anyone here advises, you should talk to a legal professional in any case. I don't believe any of us here is in a position to say whether you should or should not pursue a suit. Obviously, you'll need to seek out someone you feel comfortable with that you're sure will give you good, impartial advice on whether or not pursuing a lawsuit is a good idea.

Best wishes,
Jerry

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:12 pm

There's Incapacity Benefit, Ro, worth £84 per week, and Lesley should be entitled to other stuff too. I got my old Mum on Attendance Allowance a few weeks ago. Another £46 went down well! Google state benefits and grab what you can. You and Lesley are exactly the people they're designed for.

devondancer · Post by **devondancer** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:21 am

Thanks, everyone! Yes, I really just want to highlight the bad practice so it might not happen again so easily - certainly not out to make a fortune! Steve, I will check up on those benefits: thanks a lot. Haven't had time or spare brain power for so long!

I'm going to collect her in an hour!

Ro