March 27 - Eosinophilic Esophagitis and one Bold Mommy
I told my husband on the way home from the hospital I thought I was becoming bolder. He smiled and when I asked why, he told me he didn't think I had any room for bolder.
Josh's EGD scope (upper endoscopy) was scheduled for 9 am. We arrived at 8 per their instructions. The nurse interviewed us to complete her forms and I reviewed each page of every document I brought with. I asked about speaking with the anesthesiologist and she kinda stumbled over her words.
We changed Josh into his hospital gown, got him into the hospital bed, and the nurse started hooking him up - O2 monitor, blood pressure cuff, 4 EKG leads and he just took it all in stride.
I asked that the IV be inserted in the OR after he was sedated and even made sure that a pediatric butterfly insertion kit was going to be used. Then another nurse came to "take" Josh. I told her that we hadn't yet met with
the anesthesiologist. She didn't stumble. She said she was going to be monitoring Josh and that he was going to receive Versed and Fentanyl. I was quickly able to make her understand how inappropriate that plan was. She shot out of the room. About 15 minutes, the same scenario was repeated with a different nurse. Honestly. Almost verbatim. About 5 minutes later, yet another nurse came in. She told us that an anesthesiologist had not been scheduled and that she was going to try to find one but if she couldn't, we would have to reschedule.
I told her not to bother. We were leaving. Almost on cue, Josh took off the gown and starting removing the EKG leads!!! Within a few minutes, we were heading out the door. Got home, called another doc at another hospital and make an appt for Monday afternoon.
What really confused me was the GI. He must have ordered an anesthesiologist because he scoped Josh before with an anesthesiologist. We had 2 clinic visits with him, too. And all of this within the past 6 months. Someone made a huge error.
I know the "twilight" meds would not have been okay.I still think I am getting bolder even if my darling husband thinks I've been bold enough all along.
PS - GI called today to apologize for the mishap. He said he wouldn't have done the procedure without an anesthesiologist. I was glad to hear that. He was understanding of our decision to go with a different GI, one at the nearby teaching hospital where Josh's urologist and orthopod are.
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