Guest guest Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Keely, The pharmacist is the MANAGER and the OWNER! ha Private pharmacy. You know, I'm really sad more than anything. This is the pharmacy I have bragged on for yrs. They have done so much for us! I have even sent them cards! It's very depressing. I mean these people have went out of their way to help us before.. Even compounding things for the boys and ordering special things and sometimes selling them for no more than a $ 2 profit! I can't believe this could happen. I've lost all faith in them. krystena r. Re: Pharmacy saga Ugh, thats so scary!!! I never thought to check perscriptions, I have always had a blind faith in pharmacists... I think I will be a little more cautious from now on! Im glad Carsen pulled through OK despite the fasting, how is he today? is the same, if he fasts for more than 8 hours his Blood Sugar drops well below normal.. its scary! I would be losing it after 13 hours! ((hug)) i agree with the ball quote... i have to remember that... If the pharmacy you went to is a chain, I Would reccomend calling the head office and letting them know what happened... it is NOT ok to have a pharmacist that wont acknowledge his mistakes... making th emistake is one thing, hes human... but to blindly ignore it is dangerous... Keely> The next day, following Carsen's 13 hr unconscious state, I drove up to the pharmacy window, asked the clerk to see the script I dropped off the day before. He went to get it. The Pharmacist stopped him and started looking at it, comparing to the computer.....and walked over to me himself and said, "Uhhhhhh, this should have been 2 ml's not 4ml." I said, "NO S_ _ _. I know that after 13 hrs of unconsciousness! My son cannot fast that long, especially when sick." He has could have died from low blood sugar twice and that was fasting less than 8 hrs." He started to stumble for words, started saying he needed to drink water with it. etc..trying to change the subject.. I looked at him like he was stupid. He said, "Well, just don't give him a dose this morning." I said, "YOU THINK?" Like that was the FIX... and this never happened! He said, "Let me go get you another label" and started walking away. I told him that I didn't need ANOTHER label and drove off. Cover up his mistake, I think Not! I am still irate and sick that this could have been his heart medicine! What if????????> I took the bottle to another pharmacist this morning to have it checked for accuracy. They said the mixture looked ok but "THIS MEDICINE REALLY SHOULD BE LAST RESORT FOR A CHILD HIS AGE". I explained to them about his pseudomonas infection and he understood then but he said the dose was definitely not correct.. > > I am concerned that this might happen to another child/person. In less than 5 minutes the pharmacist caught the mistake. If he'd only double checked it yesterday, this would have never happened. He was just in such a "fizz" to get it mixed which wound up costing ME $110! > > He never apologized or asked how Carsen was nor did he offer my money back. > None of that would have changed anything but would have been nice to know that he acknowledged his mistake - which makes him human, right. It would have made it so easier to forget & forgive. > > I cannot expect a world of perfection or for all of us humans to live in harmony. But, I do expect humans to act like humans and to show a little empathy (ability to enter fully into another's feelings OR Experience) that they were born with. We all were born with it.> Murders too???? Well, yes they were born with it too...only something happened to cause them to lose it. > > If suppose if he'd have apologized, then that would have been admittance of WRONG doing. I doubt a pharmacist has room for error in their line of work. > > I don't know what might have happened if I'd have given him another dose the next morning. I surely would have, had it not been for my darling husband/Carsen's Daddy. > I can't believe I claim the intelligence that I do, and never caught this. I feel somewhat responsible. I was the one to give it to him. > > Many who know me, know I'm anything but convinced with one opinion - from doctors. That's just my inborn nature or possibly my acquired nature since we went through WAR trying to get a dx for Caden. > I lost faith in doctors for a long time. It has taken a while for me to come to trust again ( and I DO now, have a selected few specialist that I trust and rely on fully - feels GREAT). That doesn't keep me from being skeptical > My point is, WHY have I never thought to question the pharmacist, who has great responsibility for my children's health as well. Cause they'd never wrong me before??? > Again, another learning experience. I suppose it's really not an inborn nature after all. It's life experiences that mold us to who we are and how we behave.> > A friend of mine told me this as I was down on myself for having not caught the error: "It's so hard being on the ball all of the time, because the ball keeps rolling."> > > Final thought: I will double check even my weight from now on. > > Thanks for listening,> > Krystena s> Mom to:> Caden 6 yrs MADD/GA2 variant> Carsen 19 mths MADD/GA2 variant> http://www2.caringbridge.org/ky/cadencarsen/ > Warren 10 yrs Unaffected > > "Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those of us who hope strongest, have within us the gift of miracles." > ---S. BremerPlease contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 ugh. that stinks Krystina!! I know I would be heartbroken if something like that happened with our pharmacist... I love place, its a chain, but its owned and run by a guy that we have really gotten to know... we walk in and he starts getting our stuff together before we get to the counter... lol! It would just suck to go through that with them... but i guess we cant be too careful... I hope you find somewhere else your relatively comfortable with (as if that will ever happen again huh?). Keely > > The next day, following Carsen's 13 hr unconscious state, I drove > up to the pharmacy window, asked the clerk to see the script I > dropped off the day before. He went to get it. The Pharmacist > stopped him and started looking at it, comparing to the > computer.....and walked over to me himself and said, " Uhhhhhh, this > should have been 2 ml's not 4ml. " I said, " NO S_ _ _. I know that > after 13 hrs of unconsciousness! My son cannot fast that long, > especially when sick. " He has could have died from low blood sugar > twice and that was fasting less than 8 hrs. " He started to stumble > for words, started saying he needed to drink water with it. > etc..trying to change the subject.. I looked at him like he was > stupid. He said, " Well, just don't give him a dose this morning. " I > said, " YOU THINK? " Like that was the FIX... and this never > happened! He said, " Let me go get you another label " and started > walking away. I told him that I didn't need ANOTHER label and drove > off. Cover up his mistake, I think Not! I am still irate and sick > that this could have been his heart medicine! What if???????? > > I took the bottle to another pharmacist this morning to have it > checked for accuracy. They said the mixture looked ok but " THIS > MEDICINE REALLY SHOULD BE LAST RESORT FOR A CHILD HIS AGE " . I > explained to them about his pseudomonas infection and he understood > then but he said the dose was definitely not correct.. > > > > I am concerned that this might happen to another child/person. In > less than 5 minutes the pharmacist caught the mistake. If he'd only > double checked it yesterday, this would have never happened. He was > just in such a " fizz " to get it mixed which wound up costing ME > $110! > > > > He never apologized or asked how Carsen was nor did he offer my > money back. > > None of that would have changed anything but would have been nice > to know that he acknowledged his mistake - which makes him human, > right. It would have made it so easier to forget & forgive. > > > > I cannot expect a world of perfection or for all of us humans to > live in harmony. But, I do expect humans to act like humans and to > show a little empathy (ability to enter fully into another's > feelings OR Experience) that they were born with. We all were born > with it. > > Murders too???? Well, yes they were born with it too...only > something happened to cause them to lose it. > > > > If suppose if he'd have apologized, then that would have been > admittance of WRONG doing. I doubt a pharmacist has room for error > in their line of work. > > > > I don't know what might have happened if I'd have given him > another dose the next morning. I surely would have, had it not been > for my darling husband/Carsen's Daddy. > > I can't believe I claim the intelligence that I do, and never > caught this. I feel somewhat responsible. I was the one to give it > to him. > > > > Many who know me, know I'm anything but convinced with one > opinion - from doctors. That's just my inborn nature or possibly my > acquired nature since we went through WAR trying to get a dx for > Caden. > > I lost faith in doctors for a long time. It has taken a while for > me to come to trust again ( and I DO now, have a selected few > specialist that I trust and rely on fully - feels GREAT). That > doesn't keep me from being skeptical > > My point is, WHY have I never thought to question the pharmacist, > who has great responsibility for my children's health as well. Cause > they'd never wrong me before??? > > Again, another learning experience. I suppose it's really not an > inborn nature after all. It's life experiences that mold us to who > we are and how we behave. > > > > A friend of mine told me this as I was down on myself for having > not caught the error: " It's so hard being on the ball all of the > time, because the ball keeps rolling. " > > > > > > Final thought: I will double check even my weight from now on. > > > > Thanks for listening, > > > > Krystena s > > Mom to: > > Caden 6 yrs MADD/GA2 variant > > Carsen 19 mths MADD/GA2 variant > > http://www2.caringbridge.org/ky/cadencarsen/ > > Warren 10 yrs Unaffected > > > > " Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For > those of us who hope strongest, have within us the gift of > miracles. " > > ---S. Bremer > > > > > > Please contact mito-owner with any problems or questions. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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