Fought and won!

lstaylor73

Our GI doctor is out of the office this week home sick with a bad illness herself so we went back to the ER with Cameron today and argued with the ER docs and the GI team about what was wrong with Cam to make him vomit so much.  After getting home from the hospital on Saturday night he'd started vomiting tons of really dark green bile every hour and a half and had horrible diarrhea all night long.  About 10 poopie diarrhea diapers in a row, about one every two hours.  And he was still vomiting in his sleep.  During today's visit to the ER the GI team said they thought he had a stomach virus but they wanted to stick him with IV hydration fluids and admit him for over night monitoring.  At $2,000 a night for which we pay 10% we said not unless they can prove that he needs to stay.

 We argued that things only got worse when the ER team refused to correct the placement of the tube as we had demanded on Saturday, and today we demanded that the Interventional Radiology surgical team check placement since they were the ones who put it in originally. 

WE WERE RIGHT AGAIN! 

Since 5:30pm when they finally pulled the tube back to 3cm (from 10cm which is 7cm too far into his belly pushing on his pylorus sphincter causing all of his discomfort) to now at 10pm he has not vomited once!

Booyah!  Up the doctors nose with a rubber hose! 

Tomorrow after our first feeding clinic session I am demanding copies of the boys medical files so I can give them to the next GI doctor. 

ijack

wow, your docs are really a piece of work. I am SO glad that these boys have you as a mom, because you are saving them!

Mrs. Destructo

GOOD FOR YOU!!!

I am so, so angry at the ER docs that sent you guys home the first time. What total @ssholes! You definitely need to complain to somebody about that - but I don't know who

Good luck at the feeding clinic tomorrow. I'll be thinking of your little guys! (and I REALLY hope you can find a new GI doc w/out much hassle!)

Zeidy01

Thank God the boys have you!! What the hell is wrong with these doctors. It seems that you know know more than they do about medicine. Mother intuition is the best. I hope he feels better.

mcdev

UNBELIEVABLE. ?What was their response after realizing that they had been wrong all this time? ?They should really be ashamed of themselves. ?I agree about putting in a formal complaint. ?Good for you for fighting for you son! ?So glad he is doing better. ?:)

armo

What the freak is going on at that hospital??  I haven't checked in on this board for a while, and I'm pissed that you've had to have such difficulties with these doctors.  You definitely deserve some butt-kissing from those people, but hopefully you'll never have to see them again.

lstaylor73

mcdev:

UNBELIEVABLE.  What was their response after realizing that they had been wrong all this time?  They should really be ashamed of themselves.  I agree about putting in a formal complaint.  Good for you for fighting for you son!  So glad he is doing better.  

Conveniently enough none of them ever came back into our room after the radiology team confirmed and fixed the placement.   We were discharged without ever seeing any of them again. 

TriciaJoy

What a bunch of assholes.

I'm so glad you made them figure it out, though. Why is that so damned hard? Grrrrrrrrrr.

NotJustAnAuntie

If Max ever has eating issues, I'm skipping the ER and coming to your house! You apparently know better than a bunch of medical "experts"!

I'm so happy for you that they boys are doing better! You all deserve the break!

nanakwaz

I can not imagine how incredibly frustrated you must be.  It's ridiculous when you have to be the medical expert in the hospital!!

Congrats on your win and I am so happy to hear that Cameron is doing better!!  I applaud you for standing up for your child!

lemen99

yay Mommy!  Sometimes we know best and doctors need to pay more attention!

Aidge

What assholes! Again I'll say it- if Cam was their son they would be doing all they could to help him, just as you are. Ugh- it makes me to angry and sad for poor little Cam. ?I'll check with my GI to see if he has any contacts in your area (my GI is out of Boston). ?He is amazing and I'm sure he knows of GI docs all over. ?Good for you for demanding what is needed and what you knew was right!?

pmkmp

::clapping::  Awesome.  Down right awesome!!!  I'm so proud of you and so happy that your lil' man is doing better now!

TheShellSeeker

Good for you!  Way to go Mom!  I know it must be so tough but keep fighting for your babies.  With these idiotic doctors, they need you.  I hope the next GI doc is better.

AviatorJJ

wow. plz dear lord cut this family a break! jeez! im so sorry you guys are going through all this.