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What is the name of your state? Alabama
My 27-year old daughter recently died from complications of pancreatitis. She had been to three area hospitals over 20 times in the last year complaining of pain. She had her gall bladder removed as one surgeon said she had gallstones. She spent three weeks in the hospital under the care of one of the area's best gastroenterologists. He gave her massive does of Cipro for her chronic infection and discharged her with a clean bill of health. She returned to the ER 2 days later in pain. Another MD admitted her and was treating her for the same symptoms/infection. She was in the hospital for another week, again on Cipro and 5 mg of Demerol for abdominal pain. She was discharged on a Monday and returned to the ER on Wednesday. Another MD was treating her and told everyone he saw tremendous progress in her recovery..that he had the infection under control. She was in wonderful spirits on Thursday. Friday morning the hospital calls us at 5 a.m. to tell us the nurse had found her in bed unresponsive. By the time the family arrived, she was on a ventilator and a neurosurgeon was telling us there was no brain activity and he felt she would not recover from this. Of course we asked a million questions about how this could happen and the family was told "pancreatitis is hard to treat and some people never fully recover from the complications...and we are shocked to have been treating her and to have this happen...especially when her prognosis looked so good." Her grieving husband cannot function or think of what his next move should be. I am her father and I want to do something NOW. The hospital will not release any records to me. Her doctor will not return my calls.
Thank you for your help.
My 27-year old daughter recently died from complications of pancreatitis. She had been to three area hospitals over 20 times in the last year complaining of pain. She had her gall bladder removed as one surgeon said she had gallstones. She spent three weeks in the hospital under the care of one of the area's best gastroenterologists. He gave her massive does of Cipro for her chronic infection and discharged her with a clean bill of health. She returned to the ER 2 days later in pain. Another MD admitted her and was treating her for the same symptoms/infection. She was in the hospital for another week, again on Cipro and 5 mg of Demerol for abdominal pain. She was discharged on a Monday and returned to the ER on Wednesday. Another MD was treating her and told everyone he saw tremendous progress in her recovery..that he had the infection under control. She was in wonderful spirits on Thursday. Friday morning the hospital calls us at 5 a.m. to tell us the nurse had found her in bed unresponsive. By the time the family arrived, she was on a ventilator and a neurosurgeon was telling us there was no brain activity and he felt she would not recover from this. Of course we asked a million questions about how this could happen and the family was told "pancreatitis is hard to treat and some people never fully recover from the complications...and we are shocked to have been treating her and to have this happen...especially when her prognosis looked so good." Her grieving husband cannot function or think of what his next move should be. I am her father and I want to do something NOW. The hospital will not release any records to me. Her doctor will not return my calls.
Thank you for your help.