Would be very grateful for some advice as I'm not sure how to proceed.
Am currently by DD15 bedside in a private hospital following her major surgery. Expected to be here until Weds/Thurs. No A&E provision at this hospital. I must isolate in her room and am not allowed to leave it for covid reasons. In any event I don't want to leave her bedside as she's in so much pain post surgery and really struggling. I also don't want to alarm her by having to inform her of my own health issues. No-one else is allowed to take my place and no visitors are allowed.
For a couple of weeks I have noticed increasing and persistent pain in my right thigh. It is not as a result of injury or a pulled muscle etc. I have some purple broken veins on the outside thigh and a bluer larger vein which seems to bulge slightly on the surface. The purple ones seem to form a large ring around the blue one. The whole area is about 10cm by 20cm.
This is also a source of niggling and increasing pain. At times it is uncomfortable to sleep on my right side at night because of this and for the last couple of days - not helped by being cooped up in hospital room and v little chance to exercise - it has got much worse. Today the pain seems to have spread throughout my thigh and every step is painful, feeling like a very pulled muscle. My thigh is quite warm.
I am concerned that this is a DVT blood clot and I want to seek medical help for it although ironically being in a hospital and being confined to her room and it being a Sunday are factors conspiring against me when really they shouldn't be.
If I were at home I would of course have called OOH and got this seen to, or I would have a GP appt sorted but having to be with my daughter in her room helping her through her post-surgery means I cannot do this.
I also have private medical insurance which is accepted at the hospital we are in. I can't seem to find out whether I can contact the specialist here directly or whether I need a GP referral first. Of course it being a Sunday afternoon, those who might be able to help aren't in until tomorrow.
Am I overthinking this? Would it be suitable for me to ring the bell and speak to the paediatric nurses here and see what they suggest I do and who to talk to? I really can't see any logical way through this right now but I'm terrified that it may be a clot which needs urgent attention.
Thank you for your sensible and reassuring advice.