10 nights, 11 days. The length of time my partner has not slept in a bed at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Leics. She has an a fear of the dorms and the unit has single rooms, but none are available. She dozes in chairs when she can. Her legs need to be kept elevated due to odema swelling in her legs due to her anti-depressant medication - the skin is split and oozes liquid which has an odour. Nurse’s coheres her into not taking her prescribed PRN medication ( this is medication like Lorazepam or Valium which patients can take as and when they are very distraught). She has trouble asking for anything and plucking up the courage to even ask for PRN is very difficult for her, so when it is refused or postponed she is devastated.
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