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Hi Lynn,
    You need to leave word for the attending physician, he  would have 
written the consults for the specialists and he would have the  results of 
all. 
I am sure a cardiologist would have been called, but again the  attending 
physician would get the reports. Yes he or she should have met with  your 
mother and or yourself. That is the one you need to track down. 
     Good luck, and best wishes for your mother
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 7/31/2009 4:20:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com writes:

My  mother (93 years old) had chest pains Tuesday night. She activated her  
Medical Alarm, which called me and the paramedics. She ended up in the ER;  
they couldn't find anything wrong, but the ER doctor said that her blood  
work was "a little off" in several categories (blood sugar was a little  
high, kidney function was a little off, etc.). "Chest pain" seem to be the  
magic words that get you admitted to the hospital, even if they can't find  
anything wrong. She was in for 2 days. I visited 5 times in the 2 days,  
but 
couldn't get any information about her condition, no matter who or how  
many 
times I asked.

Thursday night, they called me and said she was  being discharged. The 
nurses 
couldn't tell me anything else.  They  gave me discharge papers that said 
she 
was admitted with chest pains, a  list of the medications she's already 
taking, and instructions to get an  appointment with her GP for 8/13 (two 
weeks).  I called for an  appointment, but her doctor is on vacation until 
the end of August. Not a  single word about what tests they did or what 
they 
found. Nothing about  her blood test being a 'little off'.

Isn't someone supposed to meet  with the patient/family to tell them what's 
going on? I saw the doctor  racing down the hall in the hospital, but I 
would 
have had to tackle him  to talk to him. I have a call in to hospital 
administration to complain  about the lack of communication, but I don't 
expect much to come of  it.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co.  PA

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