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Bottletop, great illustration of why tenacity is important sometimes. I wonder what happens behind the scenes with the doctor who made the initial error. Is it overlooked and they keep on? Does someone have a word?

 

I know everyone makes errors, but with life and death at play, I hope doctors are humble enough to learn from them.

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I know gp's usually get moved to a different surgery if they make a serious mistake, dunno about hospital doctors.

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Doctors are human and are therefore not infallible. My mum was really ill once and her GP refused to admit that there anything wrong with her. Eventually she was admitted into A&E and the consultant couldn't believe it and gave the GP the most almighty bollocking. She was transferred to Hammersmith in London because they had a specialist unit there and eventually made a full recovery.

 

The patient in my opinion knows best if there is something genuinely wrong. Always get a second opinion and as soon as possible. Time is critical as it seems to be here. The only issue here is that the OP should have been beating the door down.

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How did the surgery go today? Does it look like progress. Our thoughts are with you and your son and the rest of the family.

 

I hope you're joking about the guilt. You and his mum sound like you really came through once you realised how serious it was.

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How did the surgery go today? Does it look like progress. Our thoughts are with you and your son and the rest of the family.

 

I hope you're joking about the guilt. You and his mum sound like you really came through once you realised how serious it was.

 

Hi, Thanks for your concern and your nice words. Surgery was postponed today. The poor bugger got all geared up for it only for it to be cancelled a few hours before. In fairness the hospital gave a very good reason and assured us it wont impact on him and he WILL have all necessary procedures done before they let him leave. When he will be able to leave is guesswork at the minute.

The guilt? Nope thats real im afraid but as a parent Im sure its natural and will pass in time. Me nd his mum were up most of the night trying to find out if we could have done something sooner. In the end we fell asleep in the living room having made zero progress and came to the conclusion we have done our best. It feels hollow though.

Ah, the joys of parenting lol

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Hi, Thanks for your concern and your nice words. Surgery was postponed today. The poor bugger got all geared up for it only for it to be cancelled a few hours before. In fairness the hospital gave a very good reason and assured us it wont impact on him and he WILL have all necessary procedures done before they let him leave. When he will be able to leave is guesswork at the minute.

The guilt? Nope thats real im afraid but as a parent Im sure its natural and will pass in time. Me nd his mum were up most of the night trying to find out if we could have done something sooner. In the end we fell asleep in the living room having made zero progress and came to the conclusion we have done our best. It feels hollow though.

Ah, the joys of parenting lol

 

Seeing anyone in pain is bad but I cannot imagine seeing my own kid like that, Best of luck to you all Happy Daddy.

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Just wanted you to know you and your family were being thought about. Hope the surgery went well.

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Seeing anyone in pain is bad but I cannot imagine seeing my own kid like that, Best of luck to you all Happy Daddy.

 

Just wanted you to know you and your family were being thought about. Hope the surgery went well.

 

Any news? We're all thinking about you x

 

Thank you for that. Thats very nice of you all.

The good news is, We get him back today, hes coming home and Im ecstatic. The bad news is He is looking very thin and still in quite a bit of pain, the hospital decided against surgery in the end. Im not sure why because there still has not been a firm diagnosis of what is wrong but they have found some medication that helps the pain. He will still be having tests but as an out patient, why he cant have these why he is actually in hospital I dont know but we have been promised the tests will happen and soon. For an 18 year old lad he has had some pretty invasive procedures over the past week so I guess being at home with his family will please him a fair bit. I know ill be very happy to get my boy back home.

I just want to say a big thank you to you, Bertyboop, Dozer and Mickey Finn for your words of concern and your nice thoughts and to anyone else who has thought about my boy or given me any advice.

Thank you :) :) :)

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glad they managed to ease the pain somewhat and are going to do some more tests.

 

has he managed to eat anything? even a fortisip drink or a forticreme pudding would be a good thing to keep his strength up.

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Very happy to hear he has some medication to ease his pain. He will be better and more comfortable with you at home. If you need anything at all just message me and I'll do what I can.

I'm here if you need a chat x

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