So on Sunday I met my Dad before the Sevilla friendly and he mentioned he wasn't feeling all that well. I didn't think much of it until we walked up the steps by the shop to get to the West Stand Lower and he pretty much collapsed against the information post that's there. After a visit to the medical room and an eventual trip to A&E it was decided that a combination of his diabetes and blood pressure medication had lead to his blood pressure being so low that he fainted. He was moved up to one of the wards late on Sunday night and has, fortunately, been allowed to go home today, along with a referral to the Conquest Hospital in Hastings (where he lives) to get his diabetes under better control.
He'll be writing to the club to thank the work of the crowd doctor, St. John's Ambulance, the police and everyone involved in looking after him, but he's asked me to put out a thank you on here to the three bystanders who provided him, and me, with help initially. I have no idea who you three good Samaritans were, but one of you fetched the police and a medic, while the other two provided comfort and a bottle of water that was very gladly received; in fact he was sipping from the bottle for much of his stay in A&E.
I've no idea if they use North Stand Chat, but if they're reading this we'd both like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You were incredibly kind to a stranger and his mildly panicked son in need, and I cannot thank you enough for that.
On a slightly lighter note, my Dad did find it mildly frustrating that the medical room is close enough to the pitch to hear the roar from a goal but not make out the tannoy announcement telling you what happened.
He'll be writing to the club to thank the work of the crowd doctor, St. John's Ambulance, the police and everyone involved in looking after him, but he's asked me to put out a thank you on here to the three bystanders who provided him, and me, with help initially. I have no idea who you three good Samaritans were, but one of you fetched the police and a medic, while the other two provided comfort and a bottle of water that was very gladly received; in fact he was sipping from the bottle for much of his stay in A&E.
I've no idea if they use North Stand Chat, but if they're reading this we'd both like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You were incredibly kind to a stranger and his mildly panicked son in need, and I cannot thank you enough for that.
On a slightly lighter note, my Dad did find it mildly frustrating that the medical room is close enough to the pitch to hear the roar from a goal but not make out the tannoy announcement telling you what happened.
