Anybody around I can talk to? DH just taken to hospital by a neighbour and I'm at home with the baby and panicking.

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DH started with what we thought was a migraine last night, not uncommon for him. Today it's still there but he went to work anyway. From about 3pm he started to vomit (again not unusual when he has a migraine but he usually only vomits once).

He has been sick 11 times. A colleague drove him home, I phoned the on call doctor an hour ago who said he needed to go straight to hospital as he couldn't talk on the phone. He was lying on the floor groaning and crying by this point. He's clammy and says he's freezing cold.

Obviously our car is at his work 12 miles away so I knocked on every neighbours door until I found one in and they've taken him to hospital.

I'm at home as we have a 6 month old who's in bed and I didn't want to waste time waking her and packing stuff in a bag for her.

I'm terrified. DH is a calm, reasonable man usually but couldn't string a sentence together and was just clutching his head and rolling on the floor.

Somebody talk to me.

Do I phone the hospital in a minute and see what is happening?

Where are you? Is there a Mnetter nearby who could help in some way? Do you have any friends locally who could babysit for a couple of hours?

go via cash point to pay cab driver

The neighbour isn't back. The hospital is 7 miles away. We don't even know the neighbour, he's an oldish man. The neighbours we do know have gone out.

I can't find the number, can somebody who's more with it than me google for it? Tried 118 but they're faffing.

It's West Norwich Community Hospital in Bowthorpe, not the main Norfolk and Norwich hospital. I can't see straight and google keeps giving me the main hospital number.

I think you probably need to phone the hospital first and make a judgment about whether to go in or not. If you think you should go in, as Olihan says, settle M in her car seat and phone a taxi. Quite a lot of taxi firms will take a credit card or a cheque.

Will be thinking of you and J and M

get nappy bag ready
ring taxi firm
ring family an hour away
take mobile

take baby to hospital with you and ask family to meet you there even if just for company if baby is breastfed

xx

God you poor love. This is when living in the depths of the countryside has its logistical drawbacks.
OK, so no cash. Round where you are, do cab firms take payment from credit/debit cards? How far is the hospital? Are any Mners near you that you know of, SoH?
Perhaps the neighbour will think to see your dh clerked in and then come back for you?
I have to go and put ds to bed, but thinking of you both, what a worry. Will check in later.

get yourself a big cup of tea

and look an hour ahead only that

have you spoken to his parents

SoH - you must be worried sick. Call a cab to take you and the baby to hospital. Explain to the cab firm it's an emergency, you haven't got any money but they know where you live as they will collect you and you will pay tomorrow. I'm sure they will understand.

Hope DH is okay and keep calm. He'll be looked after now.

I would advise the same thing..talk to the hospital , then if you need to, go and take the baby with you, babies are resilient..if she has to stay awake for a while she will make up the sleep easily later!

i would ring hospital first

01603 776 776

Norwich Community Hospital
Bowthorpe Rd, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 3TU Tel: 01603 776776

Phone numbers

Is this it, or is that still the main one?:

Norwich Community Hospital
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU

Tel: 01603 776776
Fax: 01603 776736

01603 288455

Whereabouts are you, SOH? Are there any MNers nearby???

Norwich Community Hospital
Bowthorpe Rd, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 3TU Tel: 01603 776776

No SOH its 01603 286 286- I am in Norwich!

01603 776776 for the hosp on bowthorpe rd

Oh SOH, I have just stumbled across your post. Really hoping everything works out ok. Where in the UK are you? xx

Oh sorry, missed those posts. There are quite a few other MNers in Norfolk, you know they all came out on the flooding thread, do you know any of them?

Markstretch - can you get to SOH?

Norwich Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich - 01603 776776

from

www.heron.nhs.uk/organisationdetails.asp?id=19269

Hope you can find out some information to help put your mind at rest.

Yes I can get to her or if she gets a cab she can swing by mine and I'll give her the fee- I'm not far from the hosp.