Emerence - home from hospital LONG

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Hi,

This has been long weekend...Sat at the ER and we went back on

Sunday and they felt that she was hydrated and doing okay. Then she

woke up crying and threw up. She had cocksackie (hand foot & mouth)

in her throat and already has a real big gag reflex. She already

throws up while crying even when not sick.

Anyway, the hospital has a pedi ER and the dr who discharges us Sun

at 7:30 pm said if she wasn't better on Sun to come back and she

would be admitted. Well, as I said she got sick so I called her dr

office and the backup (Children's Hospital Boston) called and agreed

with me taht since she threw up with a blood sugar of 85 it was only

going to go down overnight. They said to take her to South Shore

Hospital and she would be admitted

So, I get there at 10;45 pm, they won't admit b/c they say she has

to be seen first. NOr will they call the pedi dr. who dismissed her

(he was still on) nor will they call the pediatrics dr. on call on

the pedi floor. Oh, and the pedi ER closes to new patients at 10pm

so I was going to have to wait until a reg ER dr. saw her. AT this

point I debated driving to Boston to Children's but thought it would

only be a couple of hrs and by the time I got her to Boston it would

be the same...so....2:30 am nothing and they told me not to feed

her. I

call the endo on call from Children's who called right back and

said to give her sugar immediately followed by complex carbs if

possible. I bought oj from the vending machine and already had

wheat pretzels. She drank one oz and took 2 bites. I look up and

there is a friend's husband - father is having a heart attack. I

then take Emme to the bathroom and there is the handyman from her

daycare (also a former coworker of my mother) whose daughter has

just been brought in after being in a bad car accident (was

broadsided while driving his Suburban, over a stone wall and hit a

house - car is totalled).

3:30 am taken inside the emergency room. 4 am ask for the nurse

twice (no on has come to our room since we were left there). 4:15

nurse comes and says dr. very busy because of overdoes, heart

failure, heart atatcks and car accident - I say I know because I

know 2 of the people but someone has to at least look at my daughter-

get another ER dr. if not please call the pedi upstairs.

4:30 am see my friend's mother in law on her way out - husband going

to Boston hospital, then 5 minutes later see Dan with his family and

daughter - bruised cut but okay. 5 am I call the endo at Children's

frantic, no one has come at all. He has me check her blood and says

anything 70 or under needs immediate attention. It is 70 and I go

find the nurse.

5:20 I call Children's because no one comes and am asking him if he

can see us directly if I leave and drive into him in Boston. Just

then the nurse comes in and he says he was able to get scribbled

orders for a IV with D5. I hand over my cell and the endo urges the

placement of the IV with D5.

5:30 the dr comes in and tries to politely apologize while also

trying to make me feel guilty about being persistent, he gets called

away as the 85 year old guy whose relatives have been fighting

oustide my door about rescucitating him or not, goes into cardiac

arrestr. As he leaves he tells me he asked the pedi on call to look

at Emerence - my response is that since 10:45 pm I have been asking

the same thing.

The pedi dr admitted her without seeing her since he felt she should

have been there. We had to wait a bit for a bed and the IV was

finally started. Emerence did not eat at all Monday but did drink a

bit. her throat was so very sore...However she did run around,

insited on pushing her IV pole and was energetic which of course

prompted the why are you here questions...however, her blood sugar

rose because of the IV and she was hydrated at least. The floor dr

was very good, not knowledgeable about RSS so he asked for the name

and number of the endo at Children's who was on call and he called

ans asked for his advice (yea fr this doc admitting he didn't know

and asking for help!). On top of this, the dr. dcovering for the

practice we go to (and there are about 15 pedis!!!) was the ONE dr.

I refuse to see. So we signed her care over to the floor dr.

She got up and took IV out, ate breakfast, snack and lunch and

maintained blood sugars on her own...so we left at 2 pm.

And we are home!

I now have to pay 3 $50 ER visits plus a $250 admissoin...and next

week our insruance copays for the same jump to $75 and $500. YIKES.

Today she slept late and