Jesus, ita, that's just fucked up. They didn't give you anything at all, when the notes from two doctors are right there in your dossier? That ought to be illegal.

I'm thinking it might at least be worth contacting whatever overseeing body the AMA has in place. Turning a patient in obvious pain away from the ER with no treatment because you don't like the one mandated by their pain and neuro specialists sounds like a matter they should be made aware of.

Does the hospital have an ombudsman? Or something? Maybe an independant patient advocate? God, I wish we could descend en masse and make them fucking see reason.

ita can't do this - she needs an advocate. I'm not sure how to find one

Does the hospital have an ombudsman? Or something? Maybe an independant patient advocate?

I very much like this suggestion. I wonder if a hospital administrator needs to get involved. It is bad enough that I wonder if your local Congressperson in the House (U.S. or State) needs to get involved. Is either one a patients rights advocate?

Is there an AFLCIO for patients?

This also sounds like something a lawyer might be interested in. But I am out of my league here. Probably there is no law against this behavior.

That system is just so fucked up. I hope something gives in your favor, ita.

4 bags of leaves. And this is just the start. My wrists hurt. However, this is the last real opportunity I will have to deal with them until December, so my neighbors will have to pick up the slack (which is why I did 4 houses worth of sidewalk and street.) Also, the shopvac works beautifully for blowing the leaves off the porch and steps and mulch (though it would work better on the mulch if it hadn't rained Friday night, but still!)

((((ita))))

I don't want to be invasive (and I'm not planning on it) but do we know the name of the hospital?

I realised I should have stayed back and talked to the social worker (since apparently that's the signature on the ER only contract that was 2 and is maybe 0 (? I couldn't tell--is this one doc, or department policy--what did the doc mean when she said I was free to come back?) and my neuro thinks that's ethically compromised), but once I'd gotten into the taxi I was done for today. I came home, sent a "Not Monday, will tell you when I can come back" email, as well as cancelling my vendor meeting. Depending on how sitting around at the doctor's goes, next sit goes to the social worker.

I hope. I'm not exactly not crying a lot.

Does anyone remember having chicken pox or had their kids get it? Sammy was exposed 16 days ago and now he has a rash on his backside. And he's been really sick with fever if 101 and runny nose. But I thought chicken pox looked more like spots and less like a rash if that makes sense.