And the secret of how to get better is....

Sorry, don't look for the answer here.  This post is my weekly vent.


Rest?  Here?  You've gotta be kidding me
Liam was moved from the ICU to the pulmonary floor (which has a fancy name).  Anyway, the big difference from ICU and a regular floor is that on the former they pretty much leave the patients alone, unless thay have to treat them (which is usually the case, since it's ICU).  But for somebody like Liam, who wasn't in life threatening situation the last few days in ICU, they didn't bother her.  That's not the case  on the current floor.  People coming in and out all day long, and worst, all night long:  Dr's, residents, nurses, janitors - it's just never ending.  The problem with that is that they don't let Liam rest.  She needs the sleep more than anything.  But it's just impossible to get a simple good rest here.  

Last night I stayed with Liam.  For some odd reason (which I'll explain later in the post), they thought she's having a surgery today (Friday, 11-20-09).  So an unbelievable  pilgrimage of  who-knows-what started coming in-nd-out all night long.  These professionals come in at 10 and 11 PM and 1 AM as if it's the middle of the day.  They have absolutely no respect for Liam or us.  All they want is to get the info they're after.  After a while you start asking yourself "is this the best way to get somebody better?"  This is not new to us.  We've been in this story before.  I just get agitated again every time we're here.  There's absolutely no coordination.  Each Dr does his/her own little thing.  Nobody's looking at the big picture.  Nobody looks after the best interest of the patient.

GI Joe
It's been months now that we're trying to get a hold of a GI (gastroenterologist) Dr.  After all, Liam is vomiting non-stop and that's their specialty.  But we were unsuccessful and grew extremely frustrated.  Is it not enough to worry about Liam's well being?  Do we need to stress over finding a Dr in this hospital?  Somebody who'd take responsibility?  On paper, Liam has a GI Dr that knows about her.  But a poor management on their side caused miscommunication and for and for months now they simply haven't shown up.  Meanwhile, Liam is vomiting. 

Well, today finally they showed up.  Now that the pulmonary people said "Liam is fine from our standpoint", they moved us to the responsibility of GI.  What a great way to get their attention!!!  Anyway, this Dr has a theory regarding the vomiting.  He needs to study Liam now.  Nothing is likely to happen over the weekend, but we're hopeful for a fresh start.