Guest guest Posted June 23, 2001 Report Share Posted June 23, 2001 hello.. just finished speaking with karen at mt. sinai..you may remember that she had to go back 10 days post-op for emergency surgery to fix strangulating hernia..they did it open and also removed part of her colon..no one has told her why..still pain increased..ctscan ordered.. unable to have ctscan for several days because of equipment malfunction!..they were taking her down again tonight..still has not seen gagner..her mom called pomp..he stopped in to see her this morning..he said doesn't know if she has another hernia, but definitely has infection..ordered antibiotics iv piggyback..she still has not received them..iv came out and no one has time to put it in..rn on floor is on third back to back shift and is exhausted..K's legs are filling up with fluid..she alternates between talking and crying..was hyperventilating during night and had another reaction to pain meds..cannot get through to patient care rep..and still she is trying to talk me out of going to spain!..but that is the topic for another list..anyway, she absolutely believes that having private duty rn's would ease her situation, but she doesn't have them..so her advice to any of you contemplating mt. sinai is to book the rn's if you possibly can afford it..aides can only do personal care kinds of things..her aide was sleeping when we spoke today!!!..and karen was so sweet, she said how exhausted the poor aide was from dealing with her!..maybe the percoset talking..i feel so helpless..her mom is quite elderly and cannot really help her..her brother has been to see her, but works long hours so can't come often..also k. doesn't want to burden him with this.. would like to figure out if there is anything i can do for her, but she said just let her call me in the middle of the night if she needs to..of course..but then what??..she also said i should call and try to get them to give her the antibiotics..have never done this long distance before..and never advocated for someone who is not a family member..will they talk to someone who is not her family?..PLEASE,i need and would welcome any suggestions..and, of course, she could certainly use some prayers right about now..thanks for your help..best regards..nancy fissel nancy fissel gagner 7/26/01 OR baltasar 7/?/01 age and BMI both 54! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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