What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
Quick synopsis…
Last August I was admitted to the hospital for an abdominal hysterectomy. I was released late on a Sunday night. By Wednesday morning I was in the emergency room with a great deal of flank pain. After a very long day of unsuccessfully begging them to contact my obgyn because of my discharge 2 days earlier (and he had concerns), I was re-admitted. I was told there was an obstruction in my left ureter due to my hysterectomy. I should note that by this time, I had called a friend who needed to personally contact my obgyn on my behalf because the hospital staff refused to do so. I was re-admitted 11:00 pm Wednesday. Nobody on the staff asked me whether I was taking medication for anything. I asked a nurse why I was not asked about my medication and she answered that the information was already in their computer.
I asked if this obstruction was due to an extra stitch or something. They said it was possible but they did not know.
On Thursday morning the urologist operated and tried to implant a stent through the obstruction. He was unable to get through the obstruction. They still weren’t completely sure what caused the obstruction, however they did not believe that it was a stitch. They were saying that they thought this was just inflammation.
Friday morning, the intervention radiologists got involved and implanted a nephrostomy tube into my back, through my kidney, through the ureter (and obstruction) and into my bladder.
At this point, my obgyn is listed as my Attending Physician. I am admitted to the Urology Department. The Urologist ordered the nephrostomy tube and Radiologists are now involved. Which doctor was truly responsible for my care?
Each day I was falling more and more into a depression. I was in complete devastation. This was actually emotionally worse for me than when I was being treated for breast cancer and going through chemo. I lost all hope.
On Saturday night while talking to a nurse, we realized that I was never given my usual medications throughout the entire time that I was admitted. One of the medications was my anti-depressant. My last dose had been taken Tuesday night. The hospital staff had routinely given me this medication a week earlier while I was admitted for my hysterectomy. This information was documented in their computer system.
Sometime later I asked my obgyn why I wasn’t given my usual medications. He said he didn’t know except to think that they didn’t want anything in my stomach in case of surgery. I told him that they could have given me the evening doses and it would have helped. He admitted that this was true.
They watched me go so far downhill emotionally. Do I have a case for negligence or something along those lines?
Quick synopsis…
Last August I was admitted to the hospital for an abdominal hysterectomy. I was released late on a Sunday night. By Wednesday morning I was in the emergency room with a great deal of flank pain. After a very long day of unsuccessfully begging them to contact my obgyn because of my discharge 2 days earlier (and he had concerns), I was re-admitted. I was told there was an obstruction in my left ureter due to my hysterectomy. I should note that by this time, I had called a friend who needed to personally contact my obgyn on my behalf because the hospital staff refused to do so. I was re-admitted 11:00 pm Wednesday. Nobody on the staff asked me whether I was taking medication for anything. I asked a nurse why I was not asked about my medication and she answered that the information was already in their computer.
I asked if this obstruction was due to an extra stitch or something. They said it was possible but they did not know.
On Thursday morning the urologist operated and tried to implant a stent through the obstruction. He was unable to get through the obstruction. They still weren’t completely sure what caused the obstruction, however they did not believe that it was a stitch. They were saying that they thought this was just inflammation.
Friday morning, the intervention radiologists got involved and implanted a nephrostomy tube into my back, through my kidney, through the ureter (and obstruction) and into my bladder.
At this point, my obgyn is listed as my Attending Physician. I am admitted to the Urology Department. The Urologist ordered the nephrostomy tube and Radiologists are now involved. Which doctor was truly responsible for my care?
Each day I was falling more and more into a depression. I was in complete devastation. This was actually emotionally worse for me than when I was being treated for breast cancer and going through chemo. I lost all hope.
On Saturday night while talking to a nurse, we realized that I was never given my usual medications throughout the entire time that I was admitted. One of the medications was my anti-depressant. My last dose had been taken Tuesday night. The hospital staff had routinely given me this medication a week earlier while I was admitted for my hysterectomy. This information was documented in their computer system.
Sometime later I asked my obgyn why I wasn’t given my usual medications. He said he didn’t know except to think that they didn’t want anything in my stomach in case of surgery. I told him that they could have given me the evening doses and it would have helped. He admitted that this was true.
They watched me go so far downhill emotionally. Do I have a case for negligence or something along those lines?