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Show 219 And, I do not add, they had to poke for veins on my poor beat-up body to test my blood every several hours - for two weeks!!! - to make sure it wasn't too thin or too thick. I am smacking the keyboard with my fingers as I type. "I am also very concerned that the surgical techniques recommended by the [pump manufacturer] are not being followed at [your teaching hospital]. At surgery here last fall, my neurosurgeon... discovered that an abnormally long piece of catheter was inserted into my intrathecal space... In addition, he found that five holes were left unsewn in my dura..." Should I mention the loops of untied surgical thread left hanging from the dura? I am wondering. "It was also evident ...that the joint holding two pieces of catheters together was improperly or inadequately sewn, as described by my doctor here, causing the catheter to break at that point..." I am also mentioning the apparent lack of supplies, including the appropriate dye and catheters. In conclusion, I am outlining six possible bad consequences that their continuation of such practices could produce. I have already listed the extended hospital stays, the unnecessary and repeated surgeries, the expense. I am crying as I list "patient inconvenience," which he may never accurately interpret to mean so very much of my life removed from my young and growing family. There is one more possible outcome: |
