Re: ARRRRGGGG!!/Gale and all...

[Guest guest]

The medical profession is just one screwball to the next, with

exception of a very few. A week ago, today, we lost a member of

another list, due to gross negligence. This child had severe food

allergies and the medicine that was given to him was not for people

with food allergies!!! I still can not believe it!!!! What happened

to Cory is also unbeliebable to me, it is beyond comprehension.

Hospitals are charging more money than ever, medicine is more

expensive than ever(understatement of the year) and corners are being

cut all over. Pretty much is a huge joke.

So, we, as parents, have to become police of the inept, sounds insane

but I am serious. For those of you who are in the medical

profession, I apologize, but people are being killed and left

invalids and pretty much nobody is accountable for the mistakes.

Sure their is malpractice insurance but once your love one is dead or

hurt, what good is it for?

Sorry, I am still in shock, Graham was doing good, probably would had

gone home soon and for that to happen, is just too sad and

heartbreaking.

> > Hi All,

> >

> > Sorry, but I just need to vent or I'm going to explode (what a

> mess). We had

> > to go up to BIG hospital last friday due to Cory having pain that

> started in

> > diaphram area and moved around to back then up front to sternum

and

> stayed.

> > This is how his reaction to sulfur based antibiotics started in

> Florida so I

> > was concerned about reaction to IV antibiotics he is currently

on.

> He also is

> > running low grade fever off and on but not steady. Doctors did

not

> know for

> > sure what this could be but put him on prednisorne for possible

> inflamation of

> > lining of lungs. They also extended his IV antibiotics for

another

> week. We

> > got home and got another delivery of meds that evening which we

> checked and

> > hooked up. Next day they ran dry before proper time so I

called.

> Guess what!!!

> > Meds were not correct. They had doubled concentration (disolved

> meds in 100

> > ml instead of 250 ml) We had to make another trip to hospital to

> get this

> > fixed. The nurse told me that I should have double checked to

make

> sure. I

> > DID!!!!! The sticker on the meds stated it was 250 ml. They

had

> put the right

> > sticker on the wrong bag. Cory ended up spending next day on the

> toilet and

> > losing weight. He is OK but could have been a disaster.

> >

> > I am soooo tired of medical system that tries to make

> parents/patients

> > responsible to their errors. Well, thanx for letting me vent.

We

> are off to BIG

> > hospital again to hopefully get this pic line removed. Cory is

> tired of being

> > tethered.

> >

> > Edi, mother to Cory 16 w/cf and 15 w/cf