My Dad (60) has never been in hospital in his life , 25 years since he went to see a doctor . He caught covid just before new year , passed it onto myself , my partner and my Mum ... so we all had it , however he was hospitalised a week after New Year where they found out that he had Covid-pneumonia . He was in for 10 days and he came home on 24 hour oxygen and hasn’t left the house til today ...
However whilst in hospital he’s been made to deal with the issues that he’s been ignoring for 18 months . He’s had urine in his blood for most of that time , couldn’t hold his bladder for long , loss of appetite etc , he had to have over 3 litres of blood due to being dangerously anaemic whilst in hospital , he was the colour of Homer Simpson but every time we mentioned it he would tell us he was fine and he didn’t need a doctor . He would shut us down til we changed the subject ...
So today , he was sent for a scan of his kidneys , he refused to go for the other urology appointment last week so yesterday I told him enough was enough , he was going and I’m taking him ! I planned it all so he couldn’t refuse and this morning I went at 8.45am with him to his scan, where , not only did they find a large blood clot on his lung but also what they think is a tumour on his kidney !! So he’s back in hospital tonight , covid free , but without catching it my Dad would never have gone for medical advice , he’s only gone now because long covid has left so much damage that he can’t put it off day to day .
Now they need to sort his lungs out so he can come off oxygen before they can operate to see what the situation is with his kidney but we just need to stay positive !
Thank you covid , for making my Dad face upto his health problems !!!