Teppy, that is truly rage worthy. WTF are the thinking?
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sj - Mar 10, 2012 4:52:15 am PST #9404 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2012 4:59:16 am PST #9405 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's the weekend, so doctors don't work? I guess.
It's a total logic FAIL. If it were so truly critical that it needs to be checked/tested/whatever (after all, it's his fucking HEART), then one would think it needs to be done NOW, and that waiting might lead to damage. However, if it CAN wait, then it must not be that important, and he can go home. Because the only other option (that it IS critical, but they're waiting anyway) is malpractice.
I'm torn between driving 30 minutes over there to spew RAGE all over the place and find out what is going on, versus letting Dad be complacent and let people tell him what to do, even if it's nonsensical.
smonster - Mar 10, 2012 5:09:04 am PST #9406 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Even if there's not a cardiologist on staff for the weekend (which, wtf), aren't there some basic tests they can run? God, Steph, I don't even know.
sumi, still sending you lots of ~ma.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2012 5:18:06 am PST #9407 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, my good friend's husband had a cardiac event a few years ago. I think it happened Friday aft/eve. He was in cardiac intensive care and my friend said that the cardiac nurses were excellent - their main function is to keep patients alive until the surgeons show up.
I thought it was an odd comment then and I couldn't (at that time) spend another 20 minutes inquiring about what that all meant, but I think here is another example:
surgeons seem to be on a particular schedule and the nurses are doing the heavy lifting in terms of patient care and keeping patients alive.
They probably want to keep your father in the hospital in case something goes awry, and feel he'd be safer there than at home, but 2 days in a hospital bed without treatment or diagnosis sounds wild.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2012 5:20:39 am PST #9408 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi,
I'm glad you are getting good care. my primary care physician would never see me in the hospital (our system is too disparate and specialized for that), so two thumbs up for that.
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2012 5:24:17 am PST #9409 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
They probably want to keep your father in the hospital in case something goes awry, and feel he'd be safer there than at home, but 2 days in a hospital bed without treatment or diagnosis sounds wild.
He's not in a cardiac unit, either, though -- just a general floor. And I do understand wanting to keep him in case something goes wrong, but it seems like keeping the patient is done in the larger plan of actually treating the patient, not just making them wait.
I just don't understand making a 70-year-old man with a history of 5 heart attacks wait TWO DAYS to find out what is wrong with the aforementioned (not-well-functioning) heart.
SailAweigh - Mar 10, 2012 5:37:59 am PST #9410 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Steph, that would induce a lot of rage in me, too! At least if he were on the cardiac floor you could have some belief that they are prepared for an unexpected event of any kind. But, still, WTF with making him wait until Monday? What's the point of having on-call doctors and residents if they aren't there to cover the weekends?
IOmeN, I'm sitting at the car dealer for some basic maintenance, so I'm playing on their computers in their "business center." The assholes have both live journal and tumblr blocked on their computers. Geez, Louise. I'm afraid to try AO3. I'm going to be bored to tears waiting for my car to be finished.
eta: Except for you guys, you're not boring! You'll keep me sane while I veg out here.
sumi - Mar 10, 2012 6:03:09 am PST #9411 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Teppy that is just unbelievable! I cannot believe that is their usual practice.
Got nack from my scopes. Apparently they went well . I will get more info when I talk to Dr. Wagoner. But I did get pictures. The info sheet says that mild gastritis was found in the antum and a biopsy was taken. Also I have severe divertulosis in the entire colon. Diverticulosis was found in the sigmoid colon & clips wew spplied to control bleeding.
JZ - Mar 10, 2012 6:09:15 am PST #9412 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
That's totally rageworthy, Tep. Seriously, they have not one single *someone* on call who can at least run a diagnostic test over the weekend? Keeping him in a bed over the weekend in order to do absolutely nothing just sounds like nine kinds of crazy.
And sumi, I'm glad you're checking in with us. All kinds of testing, diagnosis and treatment~ma to you, as well as some gorgeous equinity.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2012 6:10:05 am PST #9413 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so this sounds like after you leave you might need some meds in the short term and a change of diet long term?
I'm glad the tests went "well" - as well as to be expected given your symptoms.
when might you be able to leave?
(btw, I cannot believe you are coherent, posting on the forum after all of your tests). I think I'd be posting accidentally in sanskrit.