u/Intelligent_Hunt3467

I've been unexpectedly admitted to hospital for several days with an infection. I was quite unwell when I was admitted, very high fever, rigors and a high heart rate, and needed IV antibiotics and fluids. I'm doing better now, but I'm still an inpatient and won't be discharged today, likely not until early to mid next week.

My children happened to be staying with my parents for a few days when I became ill. We had originally planned to collect them, but because I'm in hospital, my parents are bringing them home instead.

They're travelling a fairly significant distance to do this. The plan is to hand the children over to my husband and then take the next available public transport home.

What's bothering me is that they're not planning to visit me.

The hospital is a relatively short journey from where they're dropping off the children, and there are regular services home, so they could come see me and simply travel home a little later. They know I'm staying in hospital.

I don't need them to bring me anything and I'm not expecting some lengthy bedside vigil. I just assumed that if your adult child was unexpectedly admitted to hospital and you were going to be nearby anyway, you'd want to see them.

I haven't asked them to visit. I could, but that's almost beside the point for me. I don't particularly need a visitor. I'm hurt that my parents apparently don't independently want to come and see me. If one of my own children were in hospital, I can't imagine being nearby and just going home without seeing them.

At the same time, they're doing us a favour by bringing the children home, so I'm wondering if I'm overlooking that and being unfair.

Would this hurt you, or am I expecting too much?

I've been unexpectedly admitted to hospital for several days with an infection. I was quite unwell when I was admitted, very high fever, rigors and a high heart rate, and needed IV antibiotics and fluids. I'm doing better now, but I'm still an inpatient and won't be discharged today, likely not until early to mid next week.

My children happened to be staying with my parents for a few days when I became ill. We had originally planned to collect them, but because I'm in hospital, my parents are bringing them home instead.

They're travelling a fairly significant distance to do this. The plan is to hand the children over to my husband and then take the next available public transport home.

What's bothering me is that they're not planning to visit me.

The hospital is a relatively short journey from where they're dropping off the children, and there are regular services home, so they could come see me and simply travel home a little later. They know I'm staying in hospital.

I don't need them to bring me anything and I'm not expecting some lengthy bedside vigil. I just assumed that if your adult child was unexpectedly admitted to hospital and you were going to be nearby anyway, you'd want to see them.

I haven't asked them to visit. I could, but that's almost beside the point for me. I don't particularly need a visitor. I'm hurt that my parents apparently don't independently want to come and see me. If one of my own children were in hospital, I can't imagine being nearby and just going home without seeing them.

At the same time, they're doing us a favour by bringing the children home, so I'm wondering if I'm overlooking that and being unfair.

Would this hurt you, or am I expecting too much?

I had a dental procedure on Saturday, it's now in the early hours of Tuesday morning and I've had maybe 12 hours of sleep since Saturday. My pain is very well managed with the prescription I was given, but I am wired all the time. I'm taking Dexamethasone, mefac acid, dalacin c, and solpadeine. I've emailed my dentist a few times with no reply. I feel like I'm losing my mind with insomnia and I think this maybe isn't a great combination of drugs for me. I need help.