darunimal
01-06-2006, 12:59 AM
I know little of all of this, but my childs Mother is in the hospital right now.
I have a complicated story so please bear with me. The mother of my child is 20yrs old, my daughter is 10mo and she just delivered another baby 3 weeks ago. She fell out of the shower when she was pregant with the 2nd child. She went to the ER they checked the baby and everything was fine, with the baby. 2 days later she went back for pain where she feel and was given valum and a muscle relaxer. (Day 1) 2 days later than that she went to the ER for severe sob. They told her she had a leaky valve and then (day 2) 28hrs later they decided they need to send her to a university. Well she delived (day 6)4 days later and they sent her home (day 9)3 days later with an almost foolish amount of advise "take it easy" no papers no social worker assistence nothing, and a make an appointment next week with your cardioligist. This was a person with limited to no movement having a fast pulse and a low bp. Unfortunately i was not envolved much at first to know all of what she was taking but digioxin was one thing as well as heperain. She had to be flown back (day 11)40hrs later with severe sob and chf. The doctors continued that therapy for another (day 15)66hrs and then they discontinued using digioxin and started using dobutamine and heperain they continued this course for 4 days all awhile changing doses and giving her 2oxicodones for severe migrains those 4 day, then she was transfered to another hospital on day 19. They pulled her cath out of her neck (day 23) 4 days later and that caused a clot and they bumped up the heparin to 15 because a clot being formed from the cath. Then (day 25) 49 hrs later they stopped with heperin and told her she need a heart transplant and (day 26)12hrs later they told her she was a 1a on the heart transplant list.
My question is with the verying care and nonstability of all these different approaches ,have they really given any a chance to work.
Also, I understand I just might be in great disbelief of the severity of her condition. She does not want anything to be done right now but time for nature to heal her with some advanced medicines helping her. What do i do on the medical side. I know just being there to support her and keep her spirits up is better than almost anything else, but what can i say to her dad and mom when they too just want to wait awhile and see what happens. btw today is january 6 day 27.5
I have a complicated story so please bear with me. The mother of my child is 20yrs old, my daughter is 10mo and she just delivered another baby 3 weeks ago. She fell out of the shower when she was pregant with the 2nd child. She went to the ER they checked the baby and everything was fine, with the baby. 2 days later she went back for pain where she feel and was given valum and a muscle relaxer. (Day 1) 2 days later than that she went to the ER for severe sob. They told her she had a leaky valve and then (day 2) 28hrs later they decided they need to send her to a university. Well she delived (day 6)4 days later and they sent her home (day 9)3 days later with an almost foolish amount of advise "take it easy" no papers no social worker assistence nothing, and a make an appointment next week with your cardioligist. This was a person with limited to no movement having a fast pulse and a low bp. Unfortunately i was not envolved much at first to know all of what she was taking but digioxin was one thing as well as heperain. She had to be flown back (day 11)40hrs later with severe sob and chf. The doctors continued that therapy for another (day 15)66hrs and then they discontinued using digioxin and started using dobutamine and heperain they continued this course for 4 days all awhile changing doses and giving her 2oxicodones for severe migrains those 4 day, then she was transfered to another hospital on day 19. They pulled her cath out of her neck (day 23) 4 days later and that caused a clot and they bumped up the heparin to 15 because a clot being formed from the cath. Then (day 25) 49 hrs later they stopped with heperin and told her she need a heart transplant and (day 26)12hrs later they told her she was a 1a on the heart transplant list.
My question is with the verying care and nonstability of all these different approaches ,have they really given any a chance to work.
Also, I understand I just might be in great disbelief of the severity of her condition. She does not want anything to be done right now but time for nature to heal her with some advanced medicines helping her. What do i do on the medical side. I know just being there to support her and keep her spirits up is better than almost anything else, but what can i say to her dad and mom when they too just want to wait awhile and see what happens. btw today is january 6 day 27.5