OMG I'm SO pissed!!!
- June 10, 2008 at 9:38 AM by DMGastroSBS
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God I'm so angery!!! Ok, last I had heard anything was when I talked to the doc while they were finishing up... All was well and he would be back to the floor in a little while. So I went back to his room to wait for him... 1230 rolled around and nothing... I thought it was a little weird, but they said they would keep him a couple hours, so I fought to stay awake and waited... Finally its about 145 and I needed to know where my son was... So I went out to ask one of his nurses if they had heard anything yet... Some nurse jumps in and say doctor so and so was here about three hours ago to grab his TPN and let us know that he was going to the PICU... WHAT THE HELL!!! They knew I had been sitting in his room waiting since 930! You couldn't stick your head in real fast and say the doc is here they are sending him down stairs?! Whats so hard about that??? I missed the doctor and the nurse that was with him in recover, so I have no idea as to why they changed their minds being as no one here in ICU has a clue... They had a bed saved for him and no one had told them they weren't going to send him. On top of that when I got in here at 2am he was in so much pain screaming and rolling around... They had been giving him morphine in recovery, but they didn't order any kind of pain medication for after! And the doctor told me he did a lot of mucking around in his abdo, but failed to mention just how much they had opened his belly to do everything... For anyone who has seen Devs' road map either in person or in photos... They opened him all the way from the middle of his + in the middle of his abdo down past his diaper line and about 2 1/2 inches longer then his old scar. This is the first time that he has ever had staples on the outside o his belly... I will take a photo of it later to post. They did all of that cutting, mucking, moving, and crap and didn't give/think to order him any pain medication for over three hours! Is it just me or does that sound wrong. He's a little puffy, but they were able to get him off the vent. This is his 8th abdominal surgery... Not counting everything else this child has had done... NO MORE!!! This better work and be it!!! Sorry I'm so negative right now, but I am really angery. I'm sure I'll be in a better mood tomorrow...
Elizabeth, Devin's mommy (10/02/06)
Born with intestinal atresia caused by fetal gastroschisis leaving him with short bowel syndrome and liver failure from TPN
Received Gifts of Life (08/07/07)
Intestinal, Liver, and Pancreas
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/devintoledo
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Tags: dev, devin, update, surgery, icu, picu, ostomy, angery, pissed, three hours
- Written by DMGastroSBS on June 10, 2008 at 9:38 AM
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That's wrong, so freakin' wrong........You have EVERY RIGHT to be as pissed as you are..........I would have been like Shirley McLaine in "Terms of Endearment" screaming to give my child their pain medication NOW........
I'd be a little peeved too.. Shoot, They should've come over and tapped you to wake you up to inform you of all that went on during surgery. Especially if they knew you were waiting... Or call the house to leave a message, but hell, they KNEW YOU WERE THERE AT THE HOSPITAL!!!! That's REALLY messed up.. As for the pain meds? Uh yeah, I'd be fuming, crying and screaming at EVERYONE that got in my way.. That's your baby. You don't want him in pain.....It kills me just to even imagine.. So messed up. Poor little guy. I pray al;l went well, and this will be the end of it and he will recover fully.. I will keep you all in my prayers!! Please give Dev a hug and kiss from all of us here.... Poor little guy!! Be strong momma... Hugs for you too. I know you could use one!!
OMG I cant believe that!!! Would that ever happen if it were one of their kids??? I am so sorry!!! And the pain meds...And to wait the three hours when he was even so visibly uncomfortable??? I would be furious too!!! I hope today goes better!!! 
Take care!!!
Brenda
Oh wow poor baby ,I would be fuming too .
OMG what were they thinking? I'm so sorry! I hope he's more comfortable now, and gets well soon! I can't believe the NERVE of those people! Have they no brains??? Ugh, some doctors are just OBVIOUSLY not Harvard graduates, ya know what I mean? Other than the stupidity after the surgery, how did everything go? Is he feeling ok now? I hope so. Give him hugs from Washington!!! And take one for yourself, as well!
oh poor Devin and poor YOU mommy! I cant believe all of that!! that is just wrong!!!!I would be flipping out on all of them!!
I will never forget the day I jump in a Doctor face bc he wouldnt give My lil one Morphine. He said " What do you want me to do? Give her morphine every time she cries?" Oh man I think I almost got kick out of the hospital at that point!!!! Keep fighting with them.....eventually they learn......you know your son better than they do !!! It took our docs awhile but they got it!!!
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