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  • From: DSanner106 AT aol.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Healthcare question
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:18:47 EDT

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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