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Brilliant_Rock
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Please pay attention to loved ones if they exhibit sudden weakness and confusion. I lost my Mom on 11/22/20. We went to the ER 10/23/20
discharged because her vitals and basic labs were normal, diagnosed with “generalized weakness”.....We knew something was desperately wrong. We could not get her an appointment with her primary until Monday the 10/26 1st appt., he wanted a scan of her chest that day- no appts. available ( he was very upset and his office got the appt. for us in another town over). Diagnosis loculated plural effusion. She was immediately transported to another hospital of our choice. It was a roller coaster nightmare for my family from that day forward. My family was adamant she be throughly checked out since the other hospital ER basically dropped the ball. She was diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia. The sepsis protocol was followed, she spent 17 days in ICU and the regular medical floor. It was found that she also had endocarditis from the sepsis that affected her heart valves. The cardiologist said that she would not survive the surgery to remove “vegetation” on the heart valves. My Mom was transferred to rehab. with 3 weeks of Ancef IV per infectious disease Dr. We received a call from the facility that my Mom was found basically unresponsive with a low blood pressure, she was only alert enough to mumble she felt “hot.” She was rushed by ambulance to the hospital ( we wanted the one she had been discharged from) the paramedics decided she was so critical she had to be transferred to the closest hospital. It happened to be the ER that discharged her on 10/23, the ER Dr. called me and said her potassium level was critical at 9 and needed immediate dialysis to save her life. She was put on life support and passed away the next day ( organ failure)....
Please pay attention and read about sepsis. Every minute counts.
discharged because her vitals and basic labs were normal, diagnosed with “generalized weakness”.....We knew something was desperately wrong. We could not get her an appointment with her primary until Monday the 10/26 1st appt., he wanted a scan of her chest that day- no appts. available ( he was very upset and his office got the appt. for us in another town over). Diagnosis loculated plural effusion. She was immediately transported to another hospital of our choice. It was a roller coaster nightmare for my family from that day forward. My family was adamant she be throughly checked out since the other hospital ER basically dropped the ball. She was diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia. The sepsis protocol was followed, she spent 17 days in ICU and the regular medical floor. It was found that she also had endocarditis from the sepsis that affected her heart valves. The cardiologist said that she would not survive the surgery to remove “vegetation” on the heart valves. My Mom was transferred to rehab. with 3 weeks of Ancef IV per infectious disease Dr. We received a call from the facility that my Mom was found basically unresponsive with a low blood pressure, she was only alert enough to mumble she felt “hot.” She was rushed by ambulance to the hospital ( we wanted the one she had been discharged from) the paramedics decided she was so critical she had to be transferred to the closest hospital. It happened to be the ER that discharged her on 10/23, the ER Dr. called me and said her potassium level was critical at 9 and needed immediate dialysis to save her life. She was put on life support and passed away the next day ( organ failure)....
Please pay attention and read about sepsis. Every minute counts.
I am sorry for your loss. Please take good care of each other right now <3 Hugs.
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