Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 I’ve had mine come back with no gallbladder, too. Sometimes you wonder… The antibiotics usually take effect very quickly… Keep us posted! From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Barbara Bickmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Thanks Joe, Today 's fever seems to have broken and he feels much better - not great - just better and we will take that and be grateful. Barbara (Wife of ) PSC 07, Listed) All is well, we are safe, we are loved!> > > Subject: RE: has Cholangitis > To: > Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 8:39 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope things get better > soon. > > >  > > Not to excuse the > radiologist, but to > explain how it can happen. Some hospitals allow > “canned†text. > For example, a hospital may do 100 chest x-rays per day for > surgical > patients. Most of them will be normal. In some > hospitals the > radiologist may just say “Normal Chestâ€. > The transcriptionist > then just hits a key and a paragraph or two is inserted > into the report. Whenever > there is something out of the ordinary the doctor must > revise the normal text > or dictate the entire paragraph. The error this > physician made is not excusable > and I would complain to the Director of Quality or the > Patient Advocate. > They need to know that this happened. > > >  > > You are in my thoughts > and prayers. > > >  > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > From: @ > yahoogroups. com [mailto: @ yahoogroups. com ] > On Behalf Of > Barbara Bickmore > > Sent: Sunday, > March 29, 2009 3:55 > AM > > To: > @ yahoogroups. com > > Subject: > has > Cholangitis > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > We spent most of the day in the ER with fevers and chills. > It appears that > has Cholangitis so they gave him IV antibiotics and sent us > home with a > prescription for Levaquin. He is still having fevers and > the little bit of > Tylenol he can have doesn't help much with that and not > at all for his really > bad headache. > > > > I questioned the ultrasound report because it described > 's gallbladder as > being normal with no thickening of the walls. HE HAS NO > GALLBLADDER! One of my > big concerns is that the radiology reports are examined and > interpreted by > anyone who is there at the time and gets diagnosed > based on that. I even > told the nurse about the gallbladder but he either > didn't mention it to the doc > or they chose to just let it go because it shows as a final > result. Very > frustrating. I am calling the coordinator in the a.m. if > is not better and > ask her to ask the tx doc in the hospital to pull the ultra > sound and read it. > > > > We are feeling that this might be the beginning of an > adventure to transplant. > We'll see. > > > > Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. > > > > Barbara (wife of - PSC 07, Listed) > > > > ALL IS WELL - WE ARE SAFE - WE ARE LOVED! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Thanks Joe, Today 's fever seems to have broken and he feels much better - not great - just better and we will take that and be grateful. Barbara (Wife of ) PSC 07, Listed) All is well, we are safe, we are loved!> > > Subject: RE: has Cholangitis > To: > Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 8:39 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope things get better > soon. > > >  > > Not to excuse the > radiologist, but to > explain how it can happen. Some hospitals allow > “canned†text. > For example, a hospital may do 100 chest x-rays per day for > surgical > patients. Most of them will be normal. In some > hospitals the > radiologist may just say “Normal Chestâ€. > The transcriptionist > then just hits a key and a paragraph or two is inserted > into the report. Whenever > there is something out of the ordinary the doctor must > revise the normal text > or dictate the entire paragraph. The error this > physician made is not excusable > and I would complain to the Director of Quality or the > Patient Advocate. > They need to know that this happened. > > >  > > You are in my thoughts > and prayers. > > >  > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > From: @ > yahoogroups. com [mailto: @ yahoogroups. com ] > On Behalf Of > Barbara Bickmore > > Sent: Sunday, > March 29, 2009 3:55 > AM > > To: > @ yahoogroups. com > > Subject: > has > Cholangitis > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > We spent most of the day in the ER with fevers and chills. > It appears that > has Cholangitis so they gave him IV antibiotics and sent us > home with a > prescription for Levaquin. He is still having fevers and > the little bit of > Tylenol he can have doesn't help much with that and not > at all for his really > bad headache. > > > > I questioned the ultrasound report because it described > 's gallbladder as > being normal with no thickening of the walls. HE HAS NO > GALLBLADDER! One of my > big concerns is that the radiology reports are examined and > interpreted by > anyone who is there at the time and gets diagnosed > based on that. I even > told the nurse about the gallbladder but he either > didn't mention it to the doc > or they chose to just let it go because it shows as a final > result. Very > frustrating. I am calling the coordinator in the a.m. if > is not better and > ask her to ask the tx doc in the hospital to pull the ultra > sound and read it. > > > > We are feeling that this might be the beginning of an > adventure to transplant. > We'll see. > > > > Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. > > > > Barbara (wife of - PSC 07, Listed) > > > > ALL IS WELL - WE ARE SAFE - WE ARE LOVED! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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