Just home from ER & PISSED!!!

luckyangel · July 2009

So Sunday I got a rash on my belly. My mom lovingly pointed out on Monday (when I used my baby dop for her to hear) that I was using baby oil gel and when I was a kid, baby oil used to give me a rash...might have been good to know prior to this incident. But no worries.

So I stopped using the gel. The rash didnt get worse but didn't go away yet. This morning I wake up at 3am and the rash has now spread down my legs to my knees, and across my chest. I took half a dose of benadril assuming it was an allergic reaction. By 5am, it had spread over my arms and part of my back. I called the oncall OB which happened to be my doc and she said to go to the ER. I did NOT go to my normal hospital because its over an hour away and there's one 15 minutes from my house...so I went to the closer one.

I spent 2 hours sitting in the ER there, the doc looked at me for 2 seconds, said its contact dermatitis and probably from the reaction to the baby oil gel and to stop using it (duh already did) and not to use lotion or anything for 2 days-if its not better by then, he wants me to take prednisone.

That's not what pissed me off. What pissed me off is that he sent the nurse in to check the baby with a doppler and she couldn't hear the baby's heartbeat at all, but was picking up readings "anywhere from 124 to 169". So that, naturally having had a miscarriage last fall, made me worried. I asked her if someone else could try or they could do an u/s to check on the baby.

She comes back in and says no and no, that its probably all ok and the doc doesnt feel an u/s is necessary. WHAT?!? You CANT find my baby's heartbeat with the dop but NOONE else will try to find it, you wont let me try to find it, and you wont do an u/s to check on the baby.!?? I'm not an idiot-I know contact dermatitis can't get inside to the baby but really...REALLY!? I made a scene! Then shot straight home and got out my dop and some water and found the heartbeat in under 30 seconds but wow. REALLY!?

I just can't believe they would send someone out of the hospital not knowing if the baby is ok!!! I'm fuming right now. I won't go back to that hospital and frankly I wouldn't take my dog there to die! Sorry had to vent...I thought medical facilities were supposed to I dont know...make sure you're ok before they sent you home.

mrstyson03 · July 2009

OMG! Now I'm PO'ed! Angry

I can't believe they would just send you home without being certain that everything was okay. Ugh! Is this the same hospital where you'll be delivering?

luckyangel · July 2009

No its not the hospital where I will be delivering and its not the hospital that my doc works out of.

I told DH when I got home that if my choices are the hospital I was just at or not making it to the one we plan to deliver at on time-he will be delivering the baby because I WON'T go back there!

Maybe I'm out of line and its not normal to check the baby out-but I probably wouldn't have been upset if they didn't even use the dop...but since they coudlnt find the heartbeat-I really think they should have tried harder or done something to make sure the baby was ok.

FinallyMrsM · July 2009

I am sorry you had to go through that. Did you go to Kishwaukee?

I went there once in college, and it was horrible.

luckyangel · July 2009

YUP! You got it. I went there once before and had a bad experience but that was before they opened the new hospital. My husband was there about 6 months ago and had a great experience and like I said-they're like 15 mintues from my vs Delnor being over an hour away. I won't go back there.

FinallyMrsM · July 2009

I don't blame you for not going back. I know that they updated it, but I think it's repuation for being horrible precedes it! Delnor is a good hospital, my cousin's wife gave birth there and she had a wonderful experience. Good Luck.

mrsandrews07 · July 2009

holy crap, that is terrible! sorry you had to have such a bad experience girl! i hope it really is the gel that you are allergic to and nothing else and so glad your LO is ok. Glad you wont be going back to that place!

mrstyson03 · July 2009

luckyangel:

No its not the hospital where I will be delivering and its not the hospital that my doc works out of.

I told DH when I got home that if my choices are the hospital I was just at or not making it to the one we plan to deliver at on time-he will be delivering the baby because I WON'T go back there!

Maybe I'm out of line and its not normal to check the baby out-but I probably wouldn't have been upset if they didn't even use the dop...but since they coudlnt find the heartbeat-I really think they should have tried harder or done something to make sure the baby was ok.

Glad to hear you won't be delivering there. That place sounds pretty shady to me.

luckyangel · July 2009

I see my doc next Friday and have a call into her now. I expect to hear back from her at some point and she may bump my apt up to see her sooner just to make sure the rash is clearing up. I took some benadril and its helping a little-not much though.

lauraryan520 · July 2009

This is horrible. I would be so upset if this happened to me too. You could call whoever is in charge of patient care at the hospital and tell them what happened. Also in the above posts did you say this happened at Delnor? I hope not because that is where I am delivering.

lauraryan520 · July 2009

Also I didn't realize that so many of us are from the suburbs of Chicago. We should all get together sometime!

msnelson_32 · July 2009

What a bunch of idiots!!! I would have made a scene too..glad you found the heartbeat when you came home

FinallyMrsM · July 2009

No this was at Kishwaukee, I think that is in Sycamore, right near NIU. Delnor is a nice hosptial, my cousin's wife gave birth there and had a great experience.