Vent: My Hospital Stay

[CCurry]

Hi SheCat,

I haven't been on the forum too much these days so just saw this, that's terrible what's happening with you. I don't have anything else to add but know that you're venting has not been in vain...hang in there and the nightmare will be over hopefully sooner than later.

 

[amethist]

Oh She Cat

Tell them to take a running jump next time they try to put you through all this with no results to show for it.

Go and rest now, lick your wounds, and come back up fighting.

Take care.

Amethist

 

[ISupportHer]

So very hard She Cat. I wish I knew more and could explain the process. I am sure you already have some concept of what and why.

When I am the patient, I have to know the details. For me anyway, it helps to know the specifics. Some physiologic explanation to help me know it is necessary. Since this is a short term thing, I am sure a PICC line is out of the question. As would a central line be over kill. I do have one question. Are they using an ultrasound device to locate veins? In the ER where I still work on occasion, we have a device specifically for "hard sticks". It is not used routinely but brought out for difficult cases. With the amount of sticks and apparent poor access, is this something that is an option if you ask?

Good Luck!

ISH

 

[Deleted member 541]

I just got home, I left the hospital without Dr orders. Who cares!!! I am filing a complaint tomorrow with the hospital, and I will be writing a NASTY letter to my Endocrinologist on Monday also....

ISH, I did ask many times if there were any results and why these test were being done so often, and WHY so many vials of blood were being taken.. I got the run around, test are still pending... Except for today. The lab tech that did my original blood work on Friday, was on duty today, and he was the one that told me everything, and then he went and also told the nurses what was going on......They agreed, that they too would leave if it happened to them.....

I am an emotional wreck, sick to my stomach, shaky, pissed off, and still hungry. I am going to my daughters to spend some time with her, as I really don't want to be alone right now. This has just pushed me over the emotional edge.....

 

[ISupportHer]

Good luck

Had to have been horrendous. Sorry you were given the mushroom treatment (kept in the dark and fed BS)

Take care and you already know to watch those hypoglycemic episodes.

ISH

 

[a3a2]

SO sorry, Shecat :( .

 

[Deleted member 541]

Thanks everyone...I am home and going to bed shortly, I'm tired after 2 nights being woken up every 2 hours for blood test.....I have made a decision to file some sort of grievance against the hospital, and I have a call into my attorney to see what else I can do... I refuse to be a victim, and the only way to overcome how I feel, is to take action against it. Right or wrong, it's what I feel I need to do.....

 

[goingonhope]

Yikes Wendy,
.............I just hope you're feeling better and rested soon.

Hope

 

[Grama-Herc]

Wendy,

Let me be the first to say you took that BS longer than I would have been able to take it. Being there via webcm and watching you go down hill was a very hard thing to see.

I realize that I have been out of the medical world for a while but some things never change and I am here to tell you that someone made a serious mistake in processing of the orders written for the protocol for whatever test you were having. I transcribed enough protocol orders during my medical career to know that what they did to you was WRONG. The amount of blood vials they drew from you was excessive IMO, but then to not run any testing and simply throw the blood out was even worse. As a rule, protocol testing procedures have set guide lines. For example: blood sugar via finger stick every____hours, IF lower than___run a __________level and recheck in__hours.

From what I can gather the orders were either written wrong by the doctor, transcribed incorrectly at the hospital or else the lab was completely off base---but something happened. These people obviously did not know what they were doing. The amount of blood drawn when you were admitted was not so outragous, I've seen it before, but to continue to draw a quantity like that should never have been continued. If I had not seen this with my own eyes and watched you deterriate like you did, I would not have believed it.

I am so, so sorry you had to go through this experience, but I am extremely proud of you for deciding to stand your ground andfight back. I am convinced that there were some serious medical errors made, and it should be interesting to watch as it unfolds. Glad you are home in your own bed. Enjoy being safe my friend.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I was also glad that you were there for me to cheer me up, and that you witnessed some of the crap that I went through.....You were patient, caring, kind, and used humor to get my spirits up.....You are a good friend Herc, and *Thank You*, for being you!!!! I appreciate you and your friendship....

 

[Grama-Herc]

You are welcome! But I thought that's what friends were for, so that's what I did. Just glad I was able to help.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I just got home, I left the hospital without Dr orders. Who cares!!! I am filing a complaint tomorrow with the hospital, and I will be writing a NASTY letter to my Endocrinologist on Monday also..

Just an update.....

I did write the letters and apparently I have managed to stir the pot, quite a bit......My GP called me tonight and informed me that she has a meeting tomorrow with the head of the hospital, to discuss my issue. She is asking for a meeting to take place next week, that will include, these key people. The head of the hospital, the hospitals attorney, my Endocrinologist, the head of the lab dept, the head of nursing dept of the floor that I was on, and herself.... She then hit me with this..." And you will be expected to be there to tell them your story."

HOLY SHIT!!!!!! I guess that by me mentioning that I had contacted my lawyer, must have made them scramble a bit.....But, now WHAT IN THE HELL DO I DO??? I am scared to death to go into this meeting, and face these people. I am basically taking on a huge corporation here. This hospital owns several hospitals in the area, controls several huge medical clinics in the area, and has other medical interest that it is involved with...Believe it or not it is listed in the top 5% of the hospitals in the nation.......In other words, they are HUGE, and I am just this little piss ant of a person that has bite them in the ass... What now??????

How do I handle this???? Seriously people I need some help here.....And I mean help other than the truckload of Valium that I will need tonight just to get some sleep......