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VENTING, OPINION NEEDED **UPDATED**
- Dec 10, 2008 at 10:24 AM
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I REALLY need to vent. I'm having a VERY hard time trusting the nurses that are caring for my daughter. There are only 2 nurses that I trust with Ashlynn, Emily and Abbie. I just need to put my feelings out here or I'm going to EXPLODE!!
I'll first start with right after precious preemie was born, one of the charge nurses put a pic line in her left arm. That nurse messed up and put the pic line in the wrong spot, causing my daughter to have a huge open wound on her left arm and losing blood loss to her hand. For a while the doctor told us that there is a good chance she would lose the fingers on her left hand. With the amazing work of God, blood loss somehow came back and she will now only lose 3 of her fingertips on her left hand. Also, the wound that they thought they were going to have to do causmetic surgery on down the road is healing VERY nicely and she may not need any surgery. This mistake almost cost my daughter her fingers and arm problems.
Last week I got a phone call from her doctor saying that they put a new vent tube in her mouth and then her oxygen was dropping and they couldn't get it back up. Her nurse told us that we had better come to the hospital. Words you NEVER want to hear. So, on the way we went, balling our eyes out, thinking that our baby girl was dying. We get half way to the hospital and then the nurse calls us and tells us that the vent tube was put in wrong. It was down 8, when it should have been down only 6 and it was only working one side of her lungs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! This mistake could have cost my daughter her life!!!!!! Thank GOD they did an ultrasound to make sure it was in right.
I was up there on Monday this week and her oxygen kept dropping and it was going on for quite a while. The nurse that she had wasn't too worried about it, and then finally after a while of her oxygen going all over the place I had to speak up. I asked the nurse when the last time was that her vent tube was suctioned because I know that her o's will go all over when there is mucus and stuff in her vent tube. The nurse said she wasn't sure. Then she finally called respiratory to suction Ashlynn. Of course....they got a large amount of junk out of her vent tube. So , if I wasn't up there...how long would my daughter have been uncomfortable and losing oxygen?????
I called up there this morning and this is what FINALLY made me fed up!! Nurse Emily is with her today and she asked me if I was told anything about why her butt was bleeding. I said no because her day nurse yesturday and her night nurse last night kept telling me how good she was doing and that was it. Then Emily told me that she wasn't told anything about why my daughter's butt was bleeding and red. She was doing her diaper change and noticed it. GREAT, why did the night nurse not notice anything!!!!! Emily is going to have the doctor take a look at it too see what could have happened because she is unsure. Then Emily told me that she had turned my daughter and all the fluids in her body made her left side puffy because she was laying on that side and her head was formed around being on that side. This leaves me to believe that she hasn't been turned in a while!!!!! WTF!!!!!!! I'm so glad that Emily is working today!!!!!!!! I'm sure if it was any other nurse, she would still be laying on her left side. I know I don't like laying on only one side for a long period of time, I'm sure my baby girl doesn't like it either!!!!!!!!!
I know that mistakes get made, but COME ON!!!!!!!!! This is a little much!!!!!!!! I'm so PISSED!!!!!!!!!!! This is the only child that I will be able to have, so they NEED to step it up and take EXTRA good care of my daughter. I'm going there today to raise HELL!!!!! Most likely this afternoon, so I can calm down!!!!! If I go up there right now, they will probably end up kicking me out, that's how ticked I am!!!!! My precious baby can't speak up when she is uncomfortable or hurting, so they should be paying close attention to her, not to mention how fragile her life is right now!!! If I need to , I will stay with her all day and all night!!!!!!!!! If they don't take my concerns seriously today and fix what is going on with her care, then I will be their worst nightmare. I will be up there with her day and night, then just go home when Emily and Abbie are there. Do you think that I'm being out of control about this or would you do the same thing? I know its a good hospital, but why all these problems?!? Top 10 in the U.S.
UPDATE**** I went up to the hospital today and talked with nurse Emily. She was VERY understanding and told me she would keep a close eye on Ashlynn, same with Abbie, who is her nurse tonight. They chart everything, so Emily went through all the charting the days that she was not there. I also talked to the charge nurse and she said that she would had some things to Ashlynn's log, so the nurses that don't usually have Ashlynn can pay close attention to certain things. I will be keeping a close eye on things and if anything else happens, I will be going to the next up. This is a children's hospital that she's at and the only one in our area.
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I am so sorry for all these problems April, there are no excuses for it. I would be feeling the same way. I'd say do whatever you think you need to do. Its your baby girl, she deserves everything including good care, there is very little room for mistakes so go ahead and step in there and let them know they need to step it up. Good luck, you and your family will continue to be in my prayers. God bless
I am at a loss for words.....I can't understand why anyone would treat this innocent,precious child this way other than to say it is pure laziness and it is dispicable to say the very least.......I know if that had been my child--I would have raised the roof off of that hospital.......I would aslo be looking into having my child transferred to another hospital.........then I would be looking for a good malpractice attorney.....
This is truly sad and I along with the other ladies here will keep your daughter in our prayers.......
I'm so sorry all this is going on. Bless your heart,and bless that precious little baby of your's as well. I agree, I'd be feeling the same way,also,and I'd most definetly let them know about it. There is no excuse for such lousy treatment. You and your precious little girl will be in my thoughts and prayers.
You are completely right in saying things about your daughters care!! I was the same way like you there were only a few nurses I liked taking care of my son when he was in the NICU (he was a 24 weeker) I reported one nurse who was hanging up Keegan's medicines and didn't flow the medicine through the tubing leaving a HUGE air bubble that could have went straight to his heart. Our NICU also had a new dr that was from a poverty stricken country and Keegan wasn't doing good. Finally another dr came in and said what's going on and what the hell are you doing about it. He extubated Keegan and reintubated him and he was fine. His ET tube was clogged off. The same dr also pulled Keegan art line out and there was a clot and like you we almost lost his arm. Plastics was called in and thanks to their quick fixes they were able to save it. That SAME dr almost cost Keegan his life, when he wasn't peeing she didn't want to give him ANY meds to help, so finally we REFUSED to let her take care of him. You can do the same with nurses too!! Remember you are your only daughters advocate!! If you need to chat feel free to message me!!
If I were you I would be doing the same exact thing. You are in NO WAY out of control. This is your daughter and you have EVERY right to be concerned no matter how big or small it is. I would feel the exact same April.
GIRL IF I WERE YOU I WOULD ALREADY BE THEIR NIGHTMARE. I WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG THE AIR TUBE HAD BEEN CLEANED. TRUST ME GIRL YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. AND TELL THEM THE NEXT MISTAKE THEY MAKE WILL RESULT IN A CALL TO A LAWYER.
No one is going to take care of her as well as you. I would be right there in the office threatning to sue if they don't straighten out. This is a baby, not a brick.
Go to the head of administration immediately.Write it down on a piece of paper if you find yourself too emotional.Please--- Now.
I'd stay close to your baby's bedside. Accidents DO happen.You're in my thoughts and prayers.
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Wow! That poor little baby, this is horrible and outrageous! The first thing you need to do is make complaints about all the nursing staff who neglected and messed up horribly making your baby suffer like that and probably with long term affects! The next thing you need to do is bring a camera with you and take pictures of everything and demand ALL of your baby's medical records and ALL the names of the hospital staff that attended to her! This is a BIG TIME lawsuit against the nursing staff and the hospital, not only of making MANY mistakes which WILL affect her long term, but neglect as well. I don't care if this hospital is on the top 10, this is outrageous and should never have happened! You might also want to consider transferring her to another hospital, try a children's hospital where the staff actually care about their patients and have compassion. If possible try to be with your baby as much as possible to make sure she's being taken care of properly and given the medical attention she needs and not being neglected. I think you're reacting really well considering, if that was my baby I would have gone ballistic by now! Meanwhile I'll keep your precious little baby, you and your family in my thoughts and prayers and pass this on to all my friends.
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