in my recent call to 111 was asked along with their acknowledgement the questions about to ask may not seem relevant. I was in such pain. I just needed reassurance. I knew from experience how fatal it can be. That night I was determined not to call the other number. I was right to be concerned. The advice to take a photo or mark it with a pen and the hope not to have a drip of antibiotics. Thankfully the oral antibiotics did the trick. Although I had signs on my hands too at one point
It is like the time I had to sign the consent for an emergency c section ... I was extremely out of it ... How on earth are you supposed to concentrate on the small print in the middle of those contractions ... ? Do I wish to wear my wedding ring ... ? And so on ... The prepping for an operation in the abundance of questions while our baby was struggling ... All in the stride of best everyone is able ...
While all you want is the immediate result to stop the suffering ... in the middle of all these protocols ... which are far far away when in the middle of distress ... it is the same in the mental stress only no one is there to reassure the pain ... and much much more ...