After Brett, after MrP (whom I still pray for that he's fixed up with no return of original issues), I need a turn.
Trying to keep brief as possible - darn near impossible. LONG HARD ROAD.
Mother-in-law's been sick for 6 months.
Perfectly healthy until early january.
Progression of symptoms, rash, both external causing hair loss and internal inside-cheek ulcers. Weakness. Persistent weakness.
1 hospital visit in January - Useless.
Stays with us a month. Gets sicker.
2nd hospital in Feb - most damaging MISdiagnosis of all - rather than listen to us saying she was perfectly fine mentally until rash, then she got confused, weak, Dr says "dementia", + "dry skin" for rash, + general "virus" causing weakness.
She's discharged, due to 'blacklist' diagnosis of 'dementia', we're pretty sure several GOOD quality transition care centers state 'sorry, no beds'.
We put her in a 'slummy' cliche quality nursing home. She actually does better than expected with therapy, but...gets 'discharged' from there before she's truly ready.
We place her in assisted living.
She falls few weeks later. (April). We put her in hospital due to fall/head hit. No concussion...hospital cures her of dehydration, sends her packing.
Back in assisted lving we go.
We finally see glimmer of light...Dr over assisted living and several other places has skin biopsy done by dermatologist.
They find something... possible rare lupus. They start DNA tests, pull her of a med she's been on 20+ years that may be causing it. etc.
Here's where it gets bad to worse.
Past 2-3 days she can't even walk... no energy, won't eat, feels bad, can barely talk to describe whats going on.
Monday we put her in hospital.
Monday night, last night, they call us after we'd just been home from hospital about 1.5 hours.
She's gone into septic shock.
CCU + Ventilator. We're told she's crashing, outlook not good.
We rush back.
Today, she's slightly more stabilized, but still in sepsis.
She's still on ventilator + tons of antibiotics/other meds going straight into large IV on side of neck.
All this because, we feel, one Dr ruined her chances by ignoring what her family said.
We'd already contacted a healthcare advocacy specialist law firm 2 weeks ago to try to start getting her proper care, and the black mark of 'dementia' that was placed on her record.
With the past 3 days, I ask that you please pray she recovers enough to continue the fight.
And if it is truly her time, we ask God continue to provide us the strength to carry on whatever legal means we can do.
