okay now I'm mad!!!

greenchild · #1 February 13th, 2008, 08:51 AM

we filed a complaint in early January about my care at the local clinic here bc how on earth do you miss a large,healthy, fetus with a strong heartbeat on u/s? Them missing that resulted in my uterus rupturing, the surgery, the 2 night hospital stay, the 50% blood loss, the blood transfusion, a UTI, and not to mention I lost my job over this!

Granted I would have needed the surgery but it would have been a laparoscopic one-day deal, not a hospital stay, I wouldn't have had the massive blood loss, the need for iron supplements for a year, the threat of HIV/Hepatitis hanging over my head from the transfusion, and 6 - 8 weeks recuperation time. I am (or was) a temporary clerical worker and the company I was placed with couldn't wait 6 - 8 weeks for me to come back, they had to replace me, so that job is GONE. Which totally sucks bc they were willing to keep me on as a temp as long as I wanted to work. I stayed as a temp rather than hire on with them bc I knew i was going to need alot of time off for all the IVF stuff, then all the upcoming pregnancy appts - it was just easier that way and they were fine with it. Temporary clerical jobs in this town are not easy to come by.

I just heard back today regarding the complaint, the clinic says they didn't do anything wrong and the result would have been the same regardless of if they had seen the problem right away. REALLY . . .

sure the end result would have been the same ONLY regarding the fact I needed surgery and the loss of the fetus NOT all the other crap!!!!! I am not fighting the surgery I am fighting the other CRAP!!! So I asked what I needed to do to fight their decision bc it is NOT acceptable and they said they'd send it thru for review again . . .

DH had also filed a complaint with the general headquarters and they said to call them back if the response was not satisfactory but do you think we can find that darn piece of paper with the guy's name & number on it??

I tried calling the headquarters today to find this guy but all they could tell me was that the complaint needs to be filed locally (which I told them several times we had already done that) and that they have NO record of talking to us. yeah, whatever!!!

I think I'm going to call the phone company next and see if I can get our incoming call records bc that guy DID call us. I don't know if they do that but it's worth a shot to try and find his phone #.

Lv2Mommy · #2 February 13th, 2008, 08:57 AM

Wow - that stinks. I hope you can get it all worked out in your favor.

keekopeeko · #3 February 13th, 2008, 10:21 AM

how frusterating!!!

~Em

valentinemommy · #4 February 13th, 2008, 10:28 AM

What a bunch of jerks. They all are just trying to protect each other and that isn't fair to you.

cam & sami's mom · #5 February 13th, 2008, 10:30 AM

That sounds really frustrating! I hope you can get it resolved & find that number.

Brittanie · #6 February 13th, 2008, 10:32 AM

I'm sorry honey! I agree that their response is NOT acceptable! I hope you can get everything sorted out!

mom 2 haley & tyler · #7 February 13th, 2008, 10:32 AM

I'm so sorry you're going through this. You've been through way too much as it is. I hope you can get some closure with all this.

..Jessica.. · #8 February 13th, 2008, 12:04 PM

Ugh!!! They all need to be run over by a truck!!! That is SO not acceptable!!! I can't believe they're giving you the run around about something that DID happen!! Such liars!!

I hope you get everything sorted out and they end up with their feet in their mouths!!

luvmytinkerbelle · #9 February 13th, 2008, 01:25 PM

Why is it Dr.s, clinics, surgeons, and etc. like to cover each others butts? What happened to you is completely unacceptable and WRONG! I can't believe these people.

greenchild · #10 February 13th, 2008, 01:40 PM

we found some #'s, and DH called too, but since whoever he talked to never logged the call, they have no record of it.

Nice. So Dh sent me a link to the MN Board of Medical Practice. They were extremely helpful when I told them what had happened!!! They said I have to start with the MN Board of Nursing (since the person who performed that u/s is a Nurse Practitioner) and also not wait and get 3 - 4 malpractice attorney's opinions. I told them I'm not looking for a settlement, just for them to rescind the charges that would have been unnecessary had she done her job properly. they said to contact the attorney's anyway, that hospitals are more likely to cooperate when attorney's start being involved. Also, they also said that there may also be the need to go after a physician just bc that person would have been her supervisor and not doing a good job supervising her. Talk about a process!! So I have the complaint form mostly filled out but am not sure what to put as the form asks for her home address and I don't know what it is and she is not listed in the phone book. So I left a message for the nursing board to help me out with that.

on the upside (if you can call it that

) I started bleeding pretty good a few minutes ago. The cramps are just barely starting so I took 800mg of ibuprofen (I have a really high tolerance to the stuff), hope that helps some. Maybe the "powers that be" were just waiting for me to take the legal matters into my own hands to get the m/c to start.

Prior to today I let DH handle all of this.