Quality of Healthcare during Covid mayhem

[1982vett]

Any comments or stories needing to be told?

Motherinlaw has been taken to ER 3 times in the last few weeks, once by paramedics (blood pressure was so low they almost couldn't take it) and twice in the last 3 days by my wife. Intense neck pain so severe she can't hold her head up. She won't eat and drinks very little fluid so she is very weak. ER puts her on an IV and sends her home. Of course no one is allowed to go in the ER with her. WTF is going on?!

My quarterly blood work was supposed to be done last week. I get a call several weeks ago wanting to convert the appointment to a telecall. I asked how they planned to draw the blood? Without that info the rest of the "doctor visit" is useless.

Dermatologist has postponed twice but my eye doctor moved the appointment up a week.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Any comments or stories needing to be told?

Motherinlaw has been taken to ER 3 times in the last few weeks, once by paramedics (blood pressure was so low they almost couldn't take it) and twice in the last 3 days by my wife. Intense neck pain so severe she can't hold her head up. She won't eat and drinks very little fluid so she is very weak. ER puts her on an IV and sends her home. Of course no one is allowed to go in the ER with her. WTF is going on?!

My quarterly blood work was supposed to be done last week. I get a call several weeks ago wanting to convert the appointment to a telecall. I asked how they planned to draw the blood? Without that info the rest of the "doctor visit" is useless.

Dermatologist has postponed twice but my eye doctor moved the appointment up a week.

Socialism marching .

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[1982vett]

Kinda making me mad too since I hit all the deductables and out of pockets with my rotator cuff surgery in January. Now I cant even milk that pig cause the medical profession is shut down.

 

[greggy]

Basically here, and prob there, everything went on hold, no surgery etc unless critical.....but it has been going back to normal just with a lot more precaution.

Don't worry, we went through same things when doc said they would call, yeah, right, how you gonna do anything It was prob only bad for a month till they all sorted ways to do non critical things like x rays, bloods etc

Part of the concern and one of the good arguments for carrying on is what will be the cost of people who have complications or develop cancers etc that go too far whilst locked out of normal care & that many may delay things now that it has been somewhat restored, but there is no easy answer....

 

[1982vett]

Nurse called telling us to pick her up and she just walked down the hall to the bathroom and back on her own. My wife and sister-in-law just got back with he. Took three of us to get her back in the house. Same way we took her out of the house. She has no business bing at home but I guess their aren't any lights on on the patient floors.

She was given some pain meds and prescriptions but none to take home.....yeah pharmacies closed 2 hours ago.

 

[bball]

Nurse called telling us to pick her up and she just walked down the hall to the bathroom and back on her own. My wife and sister-in-law just got back with he. Took three of us to get her back in the house. Same way we took her out of the house. She has no business bing at home but I guess their aren't any lights on on the patient floors.

She was given some pain meds and prescriptions but none to take home.....yeah pharmacies closed 2 hours ago.

I am truly sorry your wife and you are having to deal with such crappy circumstances. As far as no pain meds being sent home, you can thank the drug seeking population for making this the unfortunate reality. I personally do not know of any ER that will send controlled substances home with a patient in today's drug seeking climate. I am surprised, based off what you posted, that she was not at least admitted as a 23 hour observation. Many facilities are extremely cautious about borderline admissions as a consequence of Covid19; despite needing the possible income. Again, I am sorry you all are dealing with this.

 

[greybeard]

I've not had any problems other than not being able to see my b-i-l while he was hospitalized, but for the family, that kinda turned out to be a little bit of a blessing. It prepared us for his being gone. (we knew it was coming and relatively soon when he went to the ER) We did call him everyday, tho it was difficult to understand what he was saying.
I've made my cardio visits including 2 heart & carotid echos and my normal every-3-months diabetes visit and had blood work late April or early May as well. I did have to wear a mask for the cardio visits. Wife had her eye exam for new glasses 2 weeks ago.
Other than that, and no haircut, my life really hasn't changed much, nor has that of any of my family. My oldest sister had her lymphoma scan and results appointment done a few weeks ago with no problem...she's still in remission.

My son and his wife are both working at home in Tomball, tho he and she have to go in one day a week into their respective offices in Houston. She, because she does payroll, he because that's what his bosses wanted.

 

[wbvs58]

I just got home from 2 nights in hospital with a bowel obstruction, I average about one a year and to me things seemed pretty much as usual apart from a changed entrance and a lot of hand washing. It is only a small country hospital but I get treated much better than I would in a large city facility. There are usually plenty of spare beds but this time most were full. They had to give me a private room though I do have private health insurance. I can't complain how I was treated, they let me in through the back emergency door at 1.00 am and straight onto a bed in the ER and was on a drip and bloods taken and pain relief well within 1/2 hour.

Ken

 

[1982vett]

I've not had any problems other than not being able to see my b-i-l while he was hospitalized, but for the family, that kinda turned out to be a little bit of a blessing. It prepared us for his being gone. (we knew it was coming and relatively soon when he went to the ER) We did call him everyday, tho it was difficult to understand what he was saying.
I've made my cardio visits including 2 heart & carotid echos and my normal every-3-months diabetes visit and had blood work late April or early May as well. I did have to wear a mask for the cardio visits. Wife had her eye exam for new glasses 2 weeks ago.
Other than that, and no haircut, my life really hasn't changed much, nor has that of any of my family. My oldest sister had her lymphoma scan and results appointment done a few weeks ago with no problem...she's still in remission.

My son and his wife are both working at home in Tomball, tho he and she have to go in one day a week into their respective offices in Houston. She, because she does payroll, he because that's what his bosses wanted.

Maybe it's just the Missouri system...seems her doctor doesn't have admission privileges at "her" hospital? .... not sure how she got admitted the first time then.