by Olibro Webmaster | May 11, 2018
March 1, 2015 One of the happiest days of Mary’s life was when she celebrated the birth on her second grandson, Logan. Eleven days later, she would die. She only got to see Logan that one time, the day he was born. Mary needed an aortic valve replacement. She...
by Olibro Webmaster | Mar 30, 2018
In 2010, my mother was in a residential care home. She had moderate vascular dementia and, I now realize, a delirium. She was disabled because she had no hip joint and had become doubly incontinent. I had done my best at home, but it became clear that she needed more...
by Olibro Webmaster | Feb 1, 2018
I never imagined I would work in healthcare. Like most people, my impression of hospitals was that they were calm and organised and had a characteristic smell of antiseptic. Then I was sucked into the vortex of hospital operations as I cared for my daughter as she...
by Olibro Webmaster | Jan 11, 2018
As part of his 15 hours of surgery Michael woke having been given an ileostomy. This is where part of the bowel is brought to the outside of the body and your waste collected in a bag. Managing an ostomy is a challenge. Dehyration is a huge issue with around 25% of...
by Olibro Webmaster | Dec 26, 2017
In 2014 Kristen Terlizzi and her unborn son found themselves caught in a catastrophic dilemma facing maternal care. The c-section that birthed her first child two years prior caused Kristen to develop a life threatening condition in her second pregnancy called...