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Trouble "negotiating" with-P's assisted living place to pay for her IV antibiotics--sue?
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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 571126" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Doesn't her medical insurance cover the IV antibiotics? I would assume that the staff at the facility could administer it which cuts down the cost as a visiting nurse is not needed.</p><p></p><p>If this was a cat other than her own, I would be pushing the facility to reimburse for any costs not covered by insurance. </p><p></p><p>As far as suing, what are the damages? Is it the cost of medicines not covered by insurance or co-pays, was there pain and suffering over and above what a normal cat bite might bring? Please don't think I'm unsympathetic. My H was scratched by a cat and almost died from cellulitis so I do understand. I do think that unless a doctor is willing to testify that the treatment rendered by the facility was improper or deviated from appropriate treatment standards that a medication mal suit is impossible to win. I also know from my experience that a cat bite can turn nasty quickly even if it appears to have been okay just a short time before. My H's arm went from looking like he had a healing mosquito bite to being swollen to twice its size with red hot streaks in just about 2 hours. I think a law suit would be hard to win. Think carefully about what you want to accomplish. If it's to pay unreimbursed expenses, I would ask for that and maybe settle for half of them because it was her own cat. If you want to keep her there for her remaining life, you may just have to compromise as long as there was no permanent lasting damage to Ms. L beyond having to be on IV antibiotics for a time.</p><p></p><p>I love cats (it was not mine which scratched H) so I think Nipper should be rehomed. I think declawing is cruel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 571126, member: 3493"] Doesn't her medical insurance cover the IV antibiotics? I would assume that the staff at the facility could administer it which cuts down the cost as a visiting nurse is not needed. If this was a cat other than her own, I would be pushing the facility to reimburse for any costs not covered by insurance. As far as suing, what are the damages? Is it the cost of medicines not covered by insurance or co-pays, was there pain and suffering over and above what a normal cat bite might bring? Please don't think I'm unsympathetic. My H was scratched by a cat and almost died from cellulitis so I do understand. I do think that unless a doctor is willing to testify that the treatment rendered by the facility was improper or deviated from appropriate treatment standards that a medication mal suit is impossible to win. I also know from my experience that a cat bite can turn nasty quickly even if it appears to have been okay just a short time before. My H's arm went from looking like he had a healing mosquito bite to being swollen to twice its size with red hot streaks in just about 2 hours. I think a law suit would be hard to win. Think carefully about what you want to accomplish. If it's to pay unreimbursed expenses, I would ask for that and maybe settle for half of them because it was her own cat. If you want to keep her there for her remaining life, you may just have to compromise as long as there was no permanent lasting damage to Ms. L beyond having to be on IV antibiotics for a time. I love cats (it was not mine which scratched H) so I think Nipper should be rehomed. I think declawing is cruel. [/QUOTE]
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