Posted by Jay_Original1 on June 1, 2013, at 22:50:31
In reply to Re: What Fresh Hell Is This????....hi » Jay_Original1, posted by Phillipa on June 1, 2013, at 18:25:18
> Jay what happened that day to your Mom and how and what was the negligence? Phillipa
Philipa...thanks for responding. I've been away from the board for many months, and honestly thought I'd get a few more replies. :( But, it was kind of you to reply...and that is good enough for me. Well, with my Mom, what happened was she was recovering from a stroke, as well as hydrocephalus(sp?)...fluid build up in the brain, and an infection in the brain. She had been moved out of ICU to a casual-care floor. She often was now sitting in a wheelchair, doing some physio, and she was always restrained in her chair with either the lap tray, or with a seat belt. But, one day, some very incompetent nurse put her in a wheelchair without a restraint! Mom of course had a very serious brain injury, and they left her in the chair unattended for some time. My Mom must have seen something she wanted to investigate...and stood up, took a step and fell flat on her face. She had shattered her cheek bone, and had two lumps the size of pool-table balls on that same side. She had hit her head so hard, it caused massive major internal bleeding. The doctor said if they kept her alive on the machines, she would live a life of bad pain, and be in a vegetative state. No way we ever could have let her suffer like that. So..they shut the machines down...stepped around the curtain, kissed her and told her how much I loved her, and that we will meet again someday...I promised. And then stepped back behind the curtain, they shut the machines off, and she was gone. I was SO NUMB from shock...I just could not in anyway believe it. So, that is the long answer..sorry lol. We got all of the official records and notes and gave them to our lawyer, and she said we definitely have a case!
Thanks,
Jay
Dx: Bipolar II with dysphoric mania
Current Rx: 300mgs Zoloft, 150mg of Effexor XR, 4mg's of clonazepam, 5mg's Risperdal, 300mg of Lyrica, 12mg's of Melatonin, 0.4mg's of Clonidine & Androgel.
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