Kiwi Recommends Queenstown Hospital ;P

Happy New Year Everyone

My break from the earthquakes didn't quite go as planned as I ended up having an unplanned stay in Queenstown Hospital with a fairly painful partial obstruction - ironically just a looped bowel that was not crohns related and could have happended to anyone .... no consolation!

Luckily for me they admitted me before it got too awful and with fabulous care plus antispasmodics, morphine, fluids etc and nil by mouth they got it under control in a couple of days so I was able to get back home last night.

Resting up now and still looking about 8 months pregnant which is causing many jokes at my expense.

Resting is a relative term in Christchurch as this morning we got woken by a 4.8 earthquake, which, being quite close, literally gave us quite a shake. No longer have any matching glassware or china and no longer care LOL

I can highly recommend the hospital at Queenstown - although small the staff were outstanding and fabulous single rooms had the best beds and views of the lake or in my case the Remarkables (very impressive mountain range that have been well named). A kind nurse even gave me some take away meds for my oral ulcer/thrush which was nothing to do with why I was admitted but was most appreciated indeed.

Cost to me .... $0 !!!!  We are SO lucky in NZ to have a public health system that is there when we need it. Will certainly pay my next tax installment with very good grace :)

Was also pleased that tests showed my crohns is well under control so looks like low budesonide and FODMAP are still working for me  YAY :)

hugs to all

Lesley in NZ 

Nup, couldn't find it. What's its official name, please, Kiwi?

Thanks Guys - the hospital at QT comes under the Southland District Health Board and is known as 'the Lakes'. Sits on the Frankton arm of the lake by the airport. Might be hard to find online as it is a public facility although it felt like private during my stay ;P

Back sitting in 'my chair' recuperating and have become addicted to sudoku (very tragic indeed).

Yes these jolly earthquakes are beginning to wear us all down - every night I get woken up at least once and you just never know if a gentle rumble is a precursor of a large one being on the way.

All our breakables, well those we have left, have been put away, pictures either removed from walls or blue tacked to within an inch of their lives and anything that can fall is down at floor level again. No more ceramics or outdoor pots for me! We have been living like this since Sept 2010 but I guess we are lucky we have possessions in the first place !

on a crohns note I am wondering whether the pre christmas flare we treated as SIBO was in fact the looped bowel building up - honestly please just give us one problem at a time LOL

hugs
Lesley