What I learned about Hospitals

It's been a wild way to ring the new year in thus far.  Hopefully Jon will not be sick with anything else, ever.

These are the things I learned about hospitals and their staff during Jon's stay:

  • A patient ALWAYS needs a patient advocate when in the hospital to look out for well-being.  Especially when the patient is heavily medicated.
  • Just because the ER and patient wing is brand new, doesn't mean it's the best.
  • It's a tough decision, if you want a short ER wait, go to Franklin Square.  If you want the better physicians, wait it out at Bayview or take a drive down to Howard County General.
  • You should see your doctor and specialists more than once a day.  How else can they properly treat you?  Jon's neurologist saw him a total of ONE time during his five days stay at the hospital. Now, does that sound right to you? I think not.
  • When the doctors actually take your (me) advice on medications, be afraid.  I know many things, but a doctor I am not.  I suggested the toradol instead of ibuprofen, they said ok.  I suggested the topamax, they said ok.  When I suggested a migraine relief med, they said it was too late.
  • So, when you take the patient to the family doctor and tell them the story (as described in the previous posts) AGREE with me, and give him treximet (migraine relief meds).  That night when he took the magical medicine his migrane/terrible headache got substantially better.
  • And then, when you go the neurologist, a his disagrees with everything they did at the hospital, be vary wary of going back to that hospital.  He did, however keep him in topamax and treximet.
  • So, where do we go when we get sick???

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