Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Dear Zavie, Thank goodness you were able to make contact with Skip. I was going to try to find his phone number. I was talking to Jimmy about him while we had lunch today and said I had written to you to ask if you had had contact with him. I think it is a common error to overlook pneumonia. Jimmy had it and the doctor kept denying it. I brought him to a pulmonologist and the doctor's eyes nearly dropped out of their sockets, he was losing his vital signs, had pneumonia, an abcess in his lungs that had eaten a hole through the bottom of the lung and further, had MRSA. He spent 29 days in isolation on Zyvox in the hospital. When the internest was called in (the one who ignored his symptoms), he became sheepish and defensive by saying he had hadn't heard anything in his chest before that time. What do you have to do, get a death rattle? This same doctor ignored my symptoms and I had MRSA and a mycobacterium in my lung. You can bet he's not our doctor any more. I think he is overburdened with patients and doesn't have enough time to spend with each patient, but it doesn't give him a free ride with us. Thank you for " looking in " on Skip and letting us know about his current condition. He's a valuable asset to us and a giant role model. Blessings, Lottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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