I can't believe it: we had a visit this afternoon from the head doctor of the IC unit. In short he told us that yesterday a mistake had been made with Kay's chemo, namely that they had overlooked an instruction to hyperhydrate Kay during and after one of the chemos. The instructions were to run 3 litres of fluid through her in 24 hours. They ran 1 liter. In theory the consequences can be damage to the bladder leading to bleeding, and kidney damage.
We then demanded to talk to the duty oncologist, who is also the department deputy head. She arrived some hours later and we discussed the potential consequences. In short, there's definitely a risk of bleeding in the bladder but she says that there is only a small risk of damage to the kidneys. They will run extra tests to monitor her renal function during the next days.We'll have to see what happens in the coming days.
I'm not going to go into the subject further here. I'm tired and extremely angry and upset by what is clearly another serious medical blunder. Radbout's failings to one side, I have no idea what our daughter has possibly done to earn this kind bad luck in life. She's been so good and so tough during the last days and now she has to pay an additional price because of someone's incompetency.
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Damn.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me again why the job I have is so easy. When I make a mistake, maybe some internet radio devices don't stream their content, or some TV's get an incorrect firmware update. It upsets people, but it just doesn't compare.
Is there something like a CMM for hospitals?
Hallo Kaytje!
ReplyDeletefijn je eigen verhaal te kunnen lezen. Al bij al heb je heel veel leuke dingen gedaan met vrienden, zusjes, papa en mama. Denk daar maar aan in de moeilijke momenten van de komende dagen. Want dat kan niemand je afpakken. Mooie gedachten over lachen, grappen, overwinningen, leuke dingen die zijn helemaal alleen van jou.
Lieve knuffel en tot gauw,
Viviane