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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 173028" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Good morning, SHe did fall asleep and slept for several hours without upchucking, so I let her rest. I just kept peeking in on her. MAYBE the phenergan is helping? SHe did manage to get it in her finally. </p><p>Yes, she has been treated at our ER twice now in this past week for dehydration, with bags of IV fluids. The doctor did see her on an emergency basis not the Monday that just passed but LAST Monday- per my urgent call, and the doctor sent us to ER for rehydration, if the first zofran did not help. easy child and her boyfriend did not understand how serious dehydration can be, and at first it did seem the first rx of zofran might help. But by that Wed I got her to ER for first visit. I posted about ERs paperwork after that visit. Even with zofran in her rehydration IV at hospital, she was still throwing up. BUT, of course, the IV did help bring her vital signs back into normal range. So they discharged her, with a Rx for dissolving zofran at a higher dose. Her ob gyne decided NOT to move her previously (pre-illness) appointment any closer. We had been to doctor for the first prenatal appointment I think JUne 17. At THAT appointment we did not see doctor after all, turnns out, you sit with nurse and do history etc. AT that time easy child was not ill, feeling good, aside from fact of just adjusting to the changes to plans her preg created. BUT her, her boyfriend, and our family were happy - easy child and boyfriend were starting to make their new plans, adjustments, rearrangements etc. Nurse at that time said doctor does not see the women till like 16 weeks? THat surprised me, and I think I posted about that, too. But at that time, things were going fine. </p><p>When easy child first began to get sick....we both assumed it was just normal type morning sickness. I never had morning sickness, and neither did PCs friends who have been preg. I was not alarmed, not then. Of course consulting with others who have had morning sickness we found all the typical "remedies" and nothing helped. I called doctor when it became apparent it was not just "regular" morning sickness. doctor did get us in that same day... But that was now 2 ER visits ago. and more than 1 new medication ago. </p><p>I am thinking becuz immediately post IV her vital signs go within normal range, ER does not admit her. They clearly say in person and paperwork they only stabilize and to call your doctor. Problem is docs office does not want to take the call from ME in spite of easy child haveing signed paperwork. easy child signed the paperwork becuz she was nervous, and is so young. I donot get past the nurse, nurse will not hear or listen, so I have no idea if the doctor even knows. I did call ER and tell them to fax reports back to docs office for both ER visits, in theory they do this automatically, but....</p><p>Docs office called in the phenergan, but it was not orderedby the doctor easy child saw. </p><p></p><p>I am now nervous- is it the type of insurance? easy child gets coverage thru military due to husband being 100% permanant total service connected military bens as long as she is a college student. She is enrolled so- she has it. Then the state has a program for "moms and babies" thru Medicaide. BUT her Medicaide card says "no inpatient" We have had a lot of weirdness with the ChampVA coverage and we have always had difficulty with the Medicaide of any type around this area. </p><p></p><p>Is it her age? She just turned 18. Yes, she is young and not married. It was a "surprise" - she was due to go away to university in August. (on full scholarships) Are the medical personnel behaving this way due to the high publicity of young teen mothers all in the media right now? I know my own mother was 16 when I was born....and I know she said she was not treated well at that time, nor when my brother was born 2 years later.... (or for that matter when my last brother was born 27 years after me- altho the twins she birthed when I was around 15 they treated her good, LOL) I do not have experience with how a teen mother might be treated, I was not a mother until age 30----</p><p></p><p>Nearly every docs office here is associated with one of 2 major corporations and every hospital around is all from one major corporation. Approx 10-15 years ago, a very very large number of OB gynes (among other specialists) left the area, many left the state itself, due to extremely high malpratice premiums. </p><p></p><p>As for husband, I knew better than to expect him to step up to the plate re ANYTHING. I was desperate. His own diagnosis list is long and complicated, a large mix of both physical and mental illnesses....and a long history of literal helplessness. The kids call him The Chair. When my mom died, my kids were quite upset he did not go to the wake or funeral at all - when son had his surgeries, husband was absolutely useless, easy child ran the house, and I was gone with son. </p><p></p><p>Son is perfectly stable and fine these days, altho a typical 13 yr old boy (minus the vision of course, and homeschooled) difficult child had been holding her own - not independant, very clingy, very agoraphobic, but no new dramas etc. Had been trying to get and hold a job with no success but, nothing "big" BUT she did recently come to a couple crisis issues....that came to a head over the weekend, and one of those triggered off a mini medical crisis (of all things, wicked bug bites, - goofy brat DID leave the house, DID go without me, which I had hoped might be a good thing....but she came back literally covered in thousands of mosquito bites- chiggers? rash, poison ivy? VERY extreme) </p><p></p><p>The good thing is that I am doing great able to walk, etc, but, in back of my mind I get nervous being at docs and hospital etc, becuz of my medications, immunosuppressants etc. If this had been a "non eventful" preg, I would not be going to the doctor vists much....not the routine ones. I would be sending easy child and boyfriend on their own. Mostly just to avoid exposure to me. </p><p></p><p>While I myself have had 14 miscarraiges, I did not have this level of illness. When I miscarried it was fast. Hit hard happened fast, the end. </p><p>When my mom had twins, things went fine, LOL actually doctor did not know there were twins until after delivering the first one, yeesh. </p><p>Becuz of the violence in the city recently, I had stopped taking my son to his eye surgeons. I simply could not handle to fears- and also could not cope with survivor guilt when staying at RMH.</p><p>I am not a city girl, to begin with.....but being with such parents as all the ones with dying children, it got so hard. Yes, I was a Hospice Nurse....and an Alzhiemers nurse.....but being at the RMH at the trauma center hospital tops everything. THe weekend this spring when chicago had 40 shootings, we were supposed to be on our way there, and .......I. just. could. not get. us. there. And I have not been able to go back. </p><p></p><p>Yes easy child has a doctor, well, no, not really. Um, we have been at this docs office all my kids lives. Its really the only one for miles around, sounds like we are VERY rural, but we are not really. When difficult child was turning 18, a month shy or so, she got ill, and the pediatrician there got weird at us, said she is ALMOST 18, I am not gonna see her. HUH? But she's NOT 18 YET. easy child saw pediatrician maybe 2 months before her 18th birthday....mind you same all their lives. BUT she just turned 18 and now the pediatrician likely will get weird......and bummer but me and the GP had a nasty run in last time I was in GPs office (and the time befre, as well) BUT until now, the ob gyne usually would accept all the women for most health issues. </p><p></p><p>THank you so much for all your well wishes, ideas, support, and prayers. It is truly appreciated..... </p><p>I will update when things change etc....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 173028, member: 1697"] Good morning, SHe did fall asleep and slept for several hours without upchucking, so I let her rest. I just kept peeking in on her. MAYBE the phenergan is helping? SHe did manage to get it in her finally. Yes, she has been treated at our ER twice now in this past week for dehydration, with bags of IV fluids. The doctor did see her on an emergency basis not the Monday that just passed but LAST Monday- per my urgent call, and the doctor sent us to ER for rehydration, if the first zofran did not help. easy child and her boyfriend did not understand how serious dehydration can be, and at first it did seem the first rx of zofran might help. But by that Wed I got her to ER for first visit. I posted about ERs paperwork after that visit. Even with zofran in her rehydration IV at hospital, she was still throwing up. BUT, of course, the IV did help bring her vital signs back into normal range. So they discharged her, with a Rx for dissolving zofran at a higher dose. Her ob gyne decided NOT to move her previously (pre-illness) appointment any closer. We had been to doctor for the first prenatal appointment I think JUne 17. At THAT appointment we did not see doctor after all, turnns out, you sit with nurse and do history etc. AT that time easy child was not ill, feeling good, aside from fact of just adjusting to the changes to plans her preg created. BUT her, her boyfriend, and our family were happy - easy child and boyfriend were starting to make their new plans, adjustments, rearrangements etc. Nurse at that time said doctor does not see the women till like 16 weeks? THat surprised me, and I think I posted about that, too. But at that time, things were going fine. When easy child first began to get sick....we both assumed it was just normal type morning sickness. I never had morning sickness, and neither did PCs friends who have been preg. I was not alarmed, not then. Of course consulting with others who have had morning sickness we found all the typical "remedies" and nothing helped. I called doctor when it became apparent it was not just "regular" morning sickness. doctor did get us in that same day... But that was now 2 ER visits ago. and more than 1 new medication ago. I am thinking becuz immediately post IV her vital signs go within normal range, ER does not admit her. They clearly say in person and paperwork they only stabilize and to call your doctor. Problem is docs office does not want to take the call from ME in spite of easy child haveing signed paperwork. easy child signed the paperwork becuz she was nervous, and is so young. I donot get past the nurse, nurse will not hear or listen, so I have no idea if the doctor even knows. I did call ER and tell them to fax reports back to docs office for both ER visits, in theory they do this automatically, but.... Docs office called in the phenergan, but it was not orderedby the doctor easy child saw. I am now nervous- is it the type of insurance? easy child gets coverage thru military due to husband being 100% permanant total service connected military bens as long as she is a college student. She is enrolled so- she has it. Then the state has a program for "moms and babies" thru Medicaide. BUT her Medicaide card says "no inpatient" We have had a lot of weirdness with the ChampVA coverage and we have always had difficulty with the Medicaide of any type around this area. Is it her age? She just turned 18. Yes, she is young and not married. It was a "surprise" - she was due to go away to university in August. (on full scholarships) Are the medical personnel behaving this way due to the high publicity of young teen mothers all in the media right now? I know my own mother was 16 when I was born....and I know she said she was not treated well at that time, nor when my brother was born 2 years later.... (or for that matter when my last brother was born 27 years after me- altho the twins she birthed when I was around 15 they treated her good, LOL) I do not have experience with how a teen mother might be treated, I was not a mother until age 30---- Nearly every docs office here is associated with one of 2 major corporations and every hospital around is all from one major corporation. Approx 10-15 years ago, a very very large number of OB gynes (among other specialists) left the area, many left the state itself, due to extremely high malpratice premiums. As for husband, I knew better than to expect him to step up to the plate re ANYTHING. I was desperate. His own diagnosis list is long and complicated, a large mix of both physical and mental illnesses....and a long history of literal helplessness. The kids call him The Chair. When my mom died, my kids were quite upset he did not go to the wake or funeral at all - when son had his surgeries, husband was absolutely useless, easy child ran the house, and I was gone with son. Son is perfectly stable and fine these days, altho a typical 13 yr old boy (minus the vision of course, and homeschooled) difficult child had been holding her own - not independant, very clingy, very agoraphobic, but no new dramas etc. Had been trying to get and hold a job with no success but, nothing "big" BUT she did recently come to a couple crisis issues....that came to a head over the weekend, and one of those triggered off a mini medical crisis (of all things, wicked bug bites, - goofy brat DID leave the house, DID go without me, which I had hoped might be a good thing....but she came back literally covered in thousands of mosquito bites- chiggers? rash, poison ivy? VERY extreme) The good thing is that I am doing great able to walk, etc, but, in back of my mind I get nervous being at docs and hospital etc, becuz of my medications, immunosuppressants etc. If this had been a "non eventful" preg, I would not be going to the doctor vists much....not the routine ones. I would be sending easy child and boyfriend on their own. Mostly just to avoid exposure to me. While I myself have had 14 miscarraiges, I did not have this level of illness. When I miscarried it was fast. Hit hard happened fast, the end. When my mom had twins, things went fine, LOL actually doctor did not know there were twins until after delivering the first one, yeesh. Becuz of the violence in the city recently, I had stopped taking my son to his eye surgeons. I simply could not handle to fears- and also could not cope with survivor guilt when staying at RMH. I am not a city girl, to begin with.....but being with such parents as all the ones with dying children, it got so hard. Yes, I was a Hospice Nurse....and an Alzhiemers nurse.....but being at the RMH at the trauma center hospital tops everything. THe weekend this spring when chicago had 40 shootings, we were supposed to be on our way there, and .......I. just. could. not get. us. there. And I have not been able to go back. Yes easy child has a doctor, well, no, not really. Um, we have been at this docs office all my kids lives. Its really the only one for miles around, sounds like we are VERY rural, but we are not really. When difficult child was turning 18, a month shy or so, she got ill, and the pediatrician there got weird at us, said she is ALMOST 18, I am not gonna see her. HUH? But she's NOT 18 YET. easy child saw pediatrician maybe 2 months before her 18th birthday....mind you same all their lives. BUT she just turned 18 and now the pediatrician likely will get weird......and bummer but me and the GP had a nasty run in last time I was in GPs office (and the time befre, as well) BUT until now, the ob gyne usually would accept all the women for most health issues. THank you so much for all your well wishes, ideas, support, and prayers. It is truly appreciated..... I will update when things change etc.... [/QUOTE]
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