My grandfather had a bad case of flu. Went to the hospital and they put him on IV fluids but found out he was allergic to something. Fucked him up good and wouldn’t accept he was having issues until it was too late.
Had to traych him up so he could breathe.
Blew out his kidneys.
Basically significant organ failure. He walked into the hospital for the flu and they mistreated him, and he never walked out. Came home in a walker and a dialysis schedule and breathing out of his neck.
Took him 8 years to die after that. He was basically a corpse. Grandmother sold her business, sold their lake house, sold their classic car, all to try and pay all of the medical bills and be his full time caretaker. Just an awful situation.
I’m so sorry for what you and your family had to go through. I can empathize with the notion of being completely let down by supposed modern medical practitioners. I’ve lost someone close to me because a doctor (and her staff and associates) did not catch an error in proscribed/administered medication. At the end of the day, these vitally important systems are susceptible to human error, and it costs some people everything. I see and hear you – perhaps only because it happened to me as well; it feels like no one else could ever really know – but I do know what it’s like to feel like the only system available has utterly failed you.
We are all we have, each of us individually. I hope the best for you and those you hold dear.
My grandfather had a bad case of flu. Went to the hospital and they put him on IV fluids but found out he was allergic to something. Fucked him up good and wouldn’t accept he was having issues until it was too late.
Had to traych him up so he could breathe.
Blew out his kidneys.
Basically significant organ failure. He walked into the hospital for the flu and they mistreated him, and he never walked out. Came home in a walker and a dialysis schedule and breathing out of his neck.
Took him 8 years to die after that. He was basically a corpse. Grandmother sold her business, sold their lake house, sold their classic car, all to try and pay all of the medical bills and be his full time caretaker. Just an awful situation.
I’m so sorry for what you and your family had to go through. I can empathize with the notion of being completely let down by supposed modern medical practitioners. I’ve lost someone close to me because a doctor (and her staff and associates) did not catch an error in proscribed/administered medication. At the end of the day, these vitally important systems are susceptible to human error, and it costs some people everything. I see and hear you – perhaps only because it happened to me as well; it feels like no one else could ever really know – but I do know what it’s like to feel like the only system available has utterly failed you.
We are all we have, each of us individually. I hope the best for you and those you hold dear.