Chris Chapman & Glenfield Hopsital

Hi,

My name is Bailey-James Houlsby. Age 12

On the 23rd of February 2023, my grandad was hospitalised after contracting meningitis, sepsis and strep A.

On the 28th Feb, we thought he was heading for recovery, but overnight his condition deteriorated and ended up in intensive care on life support and Dylaisis in lincoln hospital due to total organ failure. We were told to say our goodbyes.

The next day the doctors came and told me that he needed to have heart surgery and without it he would pass away. They explained it was not their decision to make and was the cardiac team at Glenfield and they could still say no due to how unwell he was. The Doctors had a meeting and the decision was to go ahead and have surgery and do all they could to save him. He was transported to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester within the hour so he could have a heart operation to save his life, as he had Bacterial endocarditis. On arrival at Glenfield, my grandad had a cardiac arrest and had to be rushed into the theatre without any preparation for surgery. We were told at this time that the chances were very slim.

After 5 hours I found out that my grandad survived. He was then back in ICU at Glenfield, and after a few days the nursing staff tried to bring him around but he was not responding as they had hoped.

I then was told that the bacteria (Strep A) had caused vegetation on his brain, which meant he has the symptoms of a stroke. When he came around he could not talk and had full weakness in his left side.

He is now back in Lincoln hospital as he will need intense rehabilitation to make some kind of recovery.

He can now move his left hand slightly, talk and lift his right hand above his head.

I am asking for donations to help get aids to support his recovery out of the hospital and i would like to donate some funds to Glenfield as they saved my Grandads life and gave him a chance when he was already so unwell. The Doctors told me it cost the NHS over £100k to perform the surgery and be transferred in a critical care ambulance and I hope the small amount I can give will help other families have more time with their loved ones