ghee's Journal

 Wens. grandson's birthday which was really a good time for all of us. Then at 12:30am daughter called to say taking granddaughter to e.r. in grate pain in stomach, throwing up also. She had 101 fever. They were treated terribly at e.r., she asked for help getting her out of car...no one came.  reception said she had her flag up??? a nurse came slowly down hallway where they were waiting and proceeded with questions...daughter told her she thought appendix and about the  vomiting and pain and fever. Nurse looked at her and said....what makes you think that? Now, it turned out it wasn't, Thanked God, Dr. said he thought bad stomach flu, but several years ago she almost lost the birthday boy after his ruptured and they were sent home 2x's from er, then they(nurses) were  so rude on phone and basically told her to stop calling. A friend checked on him and went with daughter to hospital and turned out she had been principal to the nurse at one time so they did contact the Dr.'s who ran another test .... surgery and a week later she was told if she had waited till morning he would have been dead. It still makes me shake and want to throw up, cry, like it had just happened, so imagine how daughter felt and yet she was on the phone with me several times and was not over reacting in her effect. I told her how disrespectful I thought they(nurses)were still behaving. Granddaughter said she was so cold, they did give her a thin blanket, after a bit she said she was still chilled. Daughter asked for another and the nurse got in a huff and said she didn't think they had restocked them. No one else had been there the whole time. Anyway, I said I would go over so her husband could come up if she wanted, she did and he did so I did. Went and stayed with baby and grandson, they both slept thru. Long night. and things did change attitude wise after he went up. I wore a mask in case it was the flu and have not gotten sick. Her DH cleaned the bedroom floor, walls, and stuff(she has a loft bed, oh my) bathroom. He is so great. He stayed home Thur. so we all got some rest. Took me till Sat. for fibro to settle down. Poor daughter had no break, had to work Friday and part of Sat. Friday we took dinner over at lunch so kids had some, g. d. liquid diet for week, and when they got home from work there was something waiting. It is a great Sunday. I am thankful.