http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/bad-patients-good-chance-of-survival/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Tue, 22 May 2012 07:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/bad-patients-good-chance-of-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Alan Miller Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:59:33 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/blog/bad-patients-good-chance-of-survival/#comment-135 A relative of mine was in the hospital receiving diuretics. His wife thought he looked very pale and wanted to call the doctor. He objected, saying that every professional should respect every other professional He was literally fading and unable to object when she ignored his instructions. Lucky for him!! As things turned out, he was receiving too few liquids and was dehydrating under the watchful eye of the best medical professionals around! A tiny miscalculation, and he would have died. No one would have even known of the carelessness, it would have been attributed to his overall condition. NEVER assume doctors know everything, or that they cannot make mistakes. Trust your instincts and ask many questions. It is your life on the line. A relative of mine was in the hospital receiving diuretics. His wife thought he looked very pale and wanted to call the doctor. He objected, saying that every professional should respect every other professional He was literally fading and unable to object when she ignored his instructions. Lucky for him!!
As things turned out, he was receiving too few liquids and was dehydrating under the watchful eye of the best medical professionals around! A tiny miscalculation, and he would have died. No one would have even known of the carelessness, it would have been attributed to his overall condition. NEVER assume doctors know everything, or that they cannot make mistakes. Trust your instincts and ask many questions. It is your life on the line.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/bad-patients-good-chance-of-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Olivia Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:52:22 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/blog/bad-patients-good-chance-of-survival/#comment-134 A while ago I read somewhere - it might have even been on thecheckoutline - that the difference between God and a doctor is that God does not think he is a doctor, while a doctor... Enough said. A while ago I read somewhere - it might have even been on thecheckoutline - that the difference between God and a doctor is that God does not think he is a doctor, while a doctor… Enough said.

]]>