Re: Update on Carolyn

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Carolyn,

I am so sorry to had to put up with such an idiot nurse. I would of reported her too and make sure you follow up on it. I understand your pain, I had my biopsy in April and I still hurt. They kind of did the same thing to me, had me on a mild morphine drip for the first day, I was in so much pain I remember whispering, Help me please I beg of you. My daughter in law went ot the nurses and said this is crazy shes in too much pain and then I got the strong stuff which worked. Dont do too much, I tried to overdo and landed back in the hospital a week after my surgery, just take it easy and rest. I'll be praying for you......

Vicky IPH/PF 4/06

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Hi Everyone:

Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error, they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad.

Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have felt like I could sit at the computer.

Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain, after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I definitely will not go through it again.

I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often.

Hugs,

Carolyn

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Carolyn, from Sher: I'm glad that ordeal is over with! I know the importance of praying daily for everybody because we don't always know what they are going through from moment to moment.

What an awful experience to have abuse from a nurse. It's unspeakable! I'm glad you reported her and hopefully there will be consequences.

The more I hear of a bio the less I want one!

Take it easy girl and you stay in my prayers. Sher ipf 5-06

Update on Carolyn

Hi Everyone:

Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error, they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad.

Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have felt like I could sit at the computer.

Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain, after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am! sure glad this is over and I definitely will not go through it again.

I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often.

Hugs,

Carolyn

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Carolyn.... I can't believe such a terrible thing to happen to you. I've never had such an experience - and hope that I, or anyone else, never does. When my biopsy was done, the bronc type, they poked a hole in my lung. So I was admitted to hosp. for 2 days. The doc did the same thing with the tube to release air. They did it in my bed in my room. Not enuf pain med and it was very painful. I kept crying out that it hurt. They gave me morph...but, that was a terrible drug...so, they gave me something else. Bottom line...it hurt. Then when my lung reinflated it felt like someone had broken all my ribs on the right side. Agony....but, it went away in a few hours. I am so thankful my docs, and nurses were very kind. joy IPF 3/06Carolyn Merritt wrote: Hi Everyone: Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error, they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages

under the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have felt like I could sit at the computer. Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another I was abused by one of

the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain, after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I definitely will not go through it again. I want to thank

all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. Hugs, Carolyn Live one day at a time. It's a gift

to each of us. We need to use each day with care. Joy

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I can't believe such a terrible thing to happen to you. I've never had such an experience - and hope that I, or anyone else, never does. When my biopsy was done, the bronc type, they poked a hole in my lung. So I was admitted to hosp. for 2 days. The doc did the same thing with the tube to release air. They did it in my bed in my room. Not enuf pain med and it was very painful. I kept crying out that it hurt. They gave me morph...but, that was a terrible drug...so, they gave me something else. Bottom line...it hurt. Then when my lung reinflated it felt like someone had broken all my ribs on the right side. Agony....but, it went away in a few hours. I am so thankful my docs, and nurses were very kind. joy IPF 3/06Carolyn Merritt wrote: Hi Everyone: Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error, they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under the top order sheet and they didnt

see it. It was not until the next day after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have felt like I could sit at the computer. Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but

yell out in pain, after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I definitely will not go through it again. I want to thank all of you for prayers and good

wishes and hope all of you have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. Hugs, Carolyn Live one day at a time. It's a gift

to each of us. We need to use each day with care. Joy

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Carolyn,

I thought of you and prayed on Thursday. I am so thankful that you are home and able to sit and check in with us. I know the pain you have endured. Even with morphine, it was horrible. I was in the hospital 9 days and was on morphine the entire time. I even had really bad pain when I got home. Take your time recouperating and baby yourself.

When will you hear about the diagnosis? The biopsy was so helpful to me because I finally got a diagnosis after many wrong ones from guessing. I am hoping that it will prove helpful to you. Did they change your meds?

Your experience in the hospital is just horrible. I hope that you file charges. Did you tell your physician. I would not let that pass...she could have killed you. It could have taken what little breath that you had away. How cruel. That pain requires screaming!

Hugs, Joyce PF 1997>> > Hi Everyone: > > Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was> pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error,> they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I> was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened> out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under> the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day> after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them> where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. > Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions> but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my> lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy> of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for> otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that> went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the> biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have> felt like I could sit at the computer. > > Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another> I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain,> after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to> be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without> pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double> size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did> yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she> grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face> into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have> gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the> supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my> care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated> against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I> definitely will not go through it again. > I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you> have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. > Hugs, > Carolyn>

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Dear Caroline - I am a nurse, too....and I was furious when I read about your care in the hospital. I wonder if they were RN's or medical assistants (or whatever they call them now). I have also experienced this kind of care when I had a knee replacement. Whether the order for your pain medication was wrong or not....you were in pain and someone should've addressed it!!! The standards for pain medication have been out for years......there is no excuse for this. I tell everyone that if they have to stay in the hospital that they need to have someone who will speak for them stay at their bedside. It's sad that I don't have faith in my own profession.....I would never treat someone like that....and I've had some extremely difficult situations.....Whether they were wrong or right, the nurse is supposed to be professional and deal with it. NOT shove the patients face in their stomach to muffle the sound. I would've had her arrested fo

r assault. If she's doing that to you, what is she doing to some poor old person who is too scared to make a sound???

I'm glad you are home and OK. And hope you feel back to yourself real soon!!

--Diane Quinlan dianequinlan@...

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From Joy.....I don't think I want that biopsy! We have discussed it, but I've felt it wasn't for me....yet, anyway. Now I know why - Joy IPF 3/6Joyce wrote: Carolyn, I thought of you and prayed on Thursday. I am so thankful that you are home and able to sit and check in with us. I know the pain you have endured. Even with morphine, it was horrible. I was in the hospital

9 days and was on morphine the entire time. I even had really bad pain when I got home. Take your time recouperating and baby yourself. When will you hear about the diagnosis? The biopsy was so helpful to me because I finally got a diagnosis after many wrong ones from guessing. I am hoping that it will prove helpful to you. Did they change your meds? Your experience in the hospital is just horrible. I hope that you file charges. Did you tell your physician. I would not let that pass...she could have killed you. It could have taken what little breath that you had away. How cruel. That pain requires screaming! Hugs, Joyce PF 1997>> > Hi Everyone: > > Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was> pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error,> they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I> was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened> out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under> the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day> after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them> where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. > Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions> but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my> lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy>

of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for> otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that> went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the> biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have> felt like I could sit at the computer. > > Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another> I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain,> after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to> be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without> pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double> size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did> yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when I yelled it the second time she> grabbed the back of my

head and turned my face toward her and buried my face> into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have> gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the> supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my> care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated> against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I> definitely will not go through it again. > I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you> have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. > Hugs, > Carolyn> Live one day at a time. It's a gift to each of us. We need to use each day with care.

Joy

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Thanks Joyce. I am not sure when I will hear about the diagnosis. They dont have me on any meds yet as they wanted to wait for the biopsy first. I did report the nurse but dont know who she was and wouldnt be able to recognize her due to the fact they had lost my eyeglasses and I cant make out faces without them. They found them many hours later fortunately but too late to identify who abused me. I am still so mad I could spit. They messed up in so many other ways during my stay, such as giving me Toradol without flushing the line before and after first so my vein went into spasms and actually spasmed the IV cannula right out of my vein and hand and I bled all over the bed. My husband brought my C-Pap machine, for sleep apnea, to the hospital, per their request, and they refused to hook it up so I went two nights without it. I was on clear liquids the entire time and not one nurse seemed to know that black coffee was a clear liquid but knew that black tea is. Sheesh!!!! I get caffeine headaches without my coffee. Yeah I know that was a minor error, but hey I like my coffee. I did have a few good day nurses but the evening nurses were worthless, no worse, dangerous. I am so glad to be out of there. Thanks for caring.

Carolyn

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Carolyn,

I thought of you and prayed on Thursday. I am so thankful that you are home and able to sit and check in with us. I know the pain you have endured. Even with morphine, it was horrible. I was in the hospital 9 days and was on morphine the entire time. I even had really bad pain when I got home. Take your time recouperating and baby yourself.

When will you hear about the diagnosis? The biopsy was so helpful to me because I finally got a diagnosis after many wrong ones from guessing. I am hoping that it will prove helpful to you. Did they change your meds?

Your experience in the hospital is just horrible. I hope that you file charges. Did you tell your physician. I would not let that pass...she could have killed you. It could have taken what little breath that you had away. How cruel. That pain requires screaming!

Hugs, Joyce PF 1997>> > Hi Everyone: > > Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was> pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error,> they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I> was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened> out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under> the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day> after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them> where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. > Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions> but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my> lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy> of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for> otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that> went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the> biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have> felt like I could sit at the computer. > > Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another> I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain,> after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to> be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without> pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double> size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, but I did> yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when ! I yelled it the second time she> grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face> into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have> gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the> supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my> care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated> against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I> definitely will not go through it again. > I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you> have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. > Hugs, > Carolyn>

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I'll bet that the nurse manager knows who assaulted you....first of all, they just need to look at who was taking care of you when you were there and what day. It wouldn't be hard for them to figure it out.

--Diane Quinlan dianequinlan@...

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Carolyn,

I thought of you and prayed on Thursday. I am so thankful that you are home and able to sit and check in with us. I know the pain you have endured. Even with morphine, it was horrible. I was in the hospital 9 days and was on morphine the entire time. I even had really bad pain when I got home. Take your time recouperating and baby yourself.

When will you hear about the diagnosis? The biopsy was so helpful to me because I finally got a diagnosis after many wrong ones from guessing. I am hoping that it will prove helpful to you. Did they change your meds?

Your experience in the hospital is just horrible. I hope that you file charges. Did you tell your physician. I would not let that pass...she could have killed you. It could have taken what little breath that you had away. How cruel. That pain requires screaming!

Hugs, Joyce PF 1997>> > Hi Everyone: > > Well I am still alive and made it through the biopsy. I must say it was> pretty awful but not because of the biopsy itself, but because of an error,> they only had me on one tenth of the pain meds I was supposed to be on and I> was in agony for the first two days till they got the orders straightened> out. Evidently the orders for the major pain meds was several pages under> the top order sheet and they didnt see it. It was not until the next day> after surgery they could get in touch with the surgeon and he showed them> where my med order was in the chart. Boy, was I hurting bad. > Once they got me on the right pain meds I did ok. They did three incisions> but had to leave two chest tubes in instead of one due to problems with my> lung not wanting to re-inflate. The whole stay in the hospital was a comedy> of errors and I am thankful I am a nurse so I knew what to watch for> otherwise they could have caused me serious harm with all the screw-ups that> went on. I was in the hospital 4 days and dont have the results yet from the> biopsy. I got home late Sunday evening and today is the first day I have> felt like I could sit at the computer. > > Right out of recovery when they were transferring me from one bed to another> I was abused by one of the nurses. I couldnt help but yell out in pain,> after all they didnt have me on pain meds yet, and this one RN told me to> be quiet. I just couldnt as they were being very rough with me and without> pain medication I was in agony. I was so hoarse as they had to put a double> size trach tube down my throat that I couldnt yell loud anyway, bu

t I did> yell out, "Oh God, it hurts". Well when ! I yelled it the second time she> grabbed the back of my head and turned my face toward her and buried my face> into her abdomen to muffle my yelling. I was so mad, that if I could have> gotten my mouth open I would have bitten her belly. I did report her to the> supervisor but told them they could not tell anyone who was involved with my> care until I was out of the hospital as I didnt want to be retaliated> against for reporting a nurse for abuse. I am sure glad this is over and I> definitely will not go through it again. > I want to thank all of you for prayers and good wishes and hope all of you> have been doing ok. You were in my thoughts often. > Hugs, > Carolyn>