Guest guest Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 jus a test --- chrissynlou@... wrote: > > Shlasko put in the Broviac that fell out so I am > hesitant. Vanoker is the > surgeon that left her NPO in the hospital with > tenuous IV access and never > came to see her. He did not make a decision as to > what he would do with her > until I called and harassed him in the OR from > Hawaii. Neither Dr. Chen nor Dr. > Suarez is capable of calling the shots related to > the glucose-insulin > management necessary for transitioning her from TPN > to the OR, the OR back to TPN > and TPN to J-feeding. Kathy Chen is a good doctor > and should not be put in the > medical legal position he would be putting her in. > Dr. Suarez freely > admitted that Madison was beyond her ability to > manage. > Thinking about it, it makes sense NOT to do all the > procedures together > because of the very prolonged anesthesia time and > the issue of clean vs dirty > surgery especially with the inject-a-port in place. > Kathy made her feelings very > clear when she indicated that the surgery should be > done in NY. Her last > statement was ‘She would be on the Surgical > service’. To me that meant that > Kathy could not assure us that what was requested > by any one of us would be > honored. > Think about this. Lets say that the first day she > was in the hospital she > had been on the surgical service and she had had a > problem with her BS. You > will remember that no one could get a surgeon to > answer pages or questions. > None of the pediatrics housestaff could have ordered > anything for her with out > a surgeon’s ok. Vanoker did not understand the > uniqueness of her metabolic > situation from me and I am sure will simply NOT be > responsive enough to Kathy > Chen either. > I agree that it would be easier if you were at home > and/or if I were at > Cornell, but the most important thing is that the > attending of record will listen > to me. Dr. Spigland and Dr. Greenwald in the ICU > at Cornell will do that. > The long surgery will be the second surgery. I > would rather have her blood > sugar dynamics stabilized before having her under > anesthesia for >4 hr. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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