I love rocket and roll, put another lime in the fruitbowl, baby - 10 / 10 thread

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oh gawd, Krakow is too far

does she have an address for an emergency food parcel? Best we can hope for is arrival on Fri, but that might still help. Should be quicker from D than from the UK petrovafossil a t gmx d o t de

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well thank god she has BISCUITS anyway I thought this was a REAL emergency

why can't MIL get her some proper food? dare I ask where dh is?

Oh NO !

just heard from Boco - it's awful, she has no bed or food and doesn't understand a thing AND IS SO UPSET. What a shitty thing.

MIL looking after other dd (which we said was a relief I think that she knows she is OK and being looked after)

dh not being v helpful (did she tell you about the medication drama...god, I hope I'm not being indiscreet...if I am, tell me and I'll get this deleted)..and is starting to blank out a bit (prob from not taking his drugs) so is out of the equation basically

they all went back to the apartment to have dinner. I said 'I hope they are bringing you some' but it didn't seem like it as MIL needs to take care of other dd and they have no means of communicating as she is the only one with a mobile.

Sigh.

god
god
can we do anything
god

bloody bloody hell
you;re alright with that fox she did mention it
fgs MIL must realise Boco needs feeding?

she did talk about his prescription fiasco

well you'd bloody well hope so wouldn't you? I hope she comes back later once other dd in bed? But Boco has no idea whether this will happen or not. They (ILs) sound a bit stressy.

also, they didn't do their E111 (or whatever they are called now, is it EHIC?) so they are being charged. I'm sure the travel insurance should cover it though.

appalled for her
please do say if there is anything any of us might be able to do
seems unlikely

she said our good wishes help

MIL not coming back until tomorrow but she brought her some apples earlier. Shame it wasn't something more sustaining.

apples? APPLES!
I am all for increasing your fruit intake but this is ridiculous
she should be gnawing on a hunk of something lardy and Eastern European

Oh God poor boco

Is there anything MN can do as a whole? Is there an MNer anywhere near her? Shall we send a food parcel? [fret]

they have stabilised her

they are being a bit brutal (blood drawn without anaesthetic etc.) but it seems like they are competent

think it is a waiting game

when she is slightly better, then she can be moved and they can come home

it would be wonderful if we could do something
can we?

I know, apples in Poland, where you think everything is stews, dumplings and cakes.

Did she say when that might be to you, Fox?

sorry, am chasing my naughty children into bed grrr

they first told her a week

then said if they wanted to take her out before that, they'd have to sign a disclaimer because they thought she was too ill to be moved

so who knows

like avi said, pneumonia's a funny one. You can recover very quickly or it can drag on (think there's viral and bacterial from memory).

She is on antibs and steroids and nebulisers and the like. She's not eating though (but I guess you'd expect that).

They do sound like they know what they are doing. They've x-rayed and the like. When they move her for tests (like x-rays), they carry her because they don't have moving beds/cots!

Should I put a shout out for any possible help on a new thread? [frets some more]

dh says can she get an interpreter via her insurance?

a week? Blimey

yes, she said they had the medicines but there was no equipment or something, I didn't want to keep asking questions.

Poor poor them, lets hope its like you say, Avi and a quick recovery. She does suffer with respiratory things doensn't she.