Guest guest Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Hello All Another 10 hour day advocating for Mom at the hospital. She had her first procedure today after much changing of the plan. I talked to every person that laid eyes on my mom, and there were alot of them, about the anesthesia. They all made notes and I was told by several that they would be using the Profol and that other good one. whew! While we stood in the OR suite going over last minute details, (with yet another surgeon I hadn't met before) the anesthesia guy rolled up I told him about mom's LBD. He didn't even know she has LBD! I asked what he would be using and I was never spoken to so disrespectfully by any professional in my life. He basically told me, with alot of attitude, that it was his job, he would take care of it, and I should butt out. I pushed and asked him what was his plan and he told me I wouldn't know what he was talking about anyway so it didn't matter. I said Try me! Grrrrr She came out of the procedure fairly well until the pain hit her and then she was pleading for mercy. Mom is not a cry baby but she was begging for help. It took forever to get some morphine becasue it wasn't in the Dr orders! It was all very terrible but the drugs finally hit her and she went to sleep. Yet another Dr. weighed in around this time and confessed to me that there has been alot of confusion, plan changes, and Dr's involved becasue Mom was actually not properly put into the system when we arrived last night. Unbelieveable! There have been slip ups. I can make my first recommendation to our readers. BE THERE! Don't take anything for granted. Certain persons on the staff will befriend you when they see you are taking a proactive role and they will tell you details that you may not get if you are just a passive visitor. Also, all of the time spent consoling your LO through the hospital stay will go a long way in having them understand that you are working in their best interest. Mom is beginning to realize that I am in this with her and she is more trusting and cooperative. We still have to get through a possible laproscopic surgery. I will be back there tomorrow poking around and making myself known. I will keep you posted. I am still worried about her reaction to all this medication. Thanks for listening and responding, & Mom Ginny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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