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[LovingSister]

Fighting with doctors is new to me. I usually just disagree in my own mind and stay quiet. I got into an argument with the ER doctor the other night. At the end he shook my hand and thanked me. He said Ron was experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms and I said then why when he takes his pain meds is there no improvement?? He was ready to send him home with that dx. I told him I wasn't taking him home with a bogus dx only to have to keep going through this every few days. They kept him and are running many tests but it seems that it is dysreflexia just different than the usual AD. I can live with that, we just need to know what we are dealing with and take it from there. Not knowing is scary.
They are working hard to get him back into rehab straight from the hospital. I'm hoping it happens as I feel he came home too soon anyway. I have also met many truly concerned people the past few days, some wonderful therapists, doctors, nurses, and Ronny now has the most caring case manager a person could hope for.

[tyvin]

It's an absolute relief when you get a competent nurse manager that you feel comfortable with. Use her (they don't mind it's their job). Any questions, any concerns tell her she will figure out what to do and how to do it.

You have learned well through this experience that doctors really only "practice" medicine and many time it's hit or miss and it's now time for us the consumer to start to question and generally supervise these guys to make sure we're getting everything possible. And that's where a good nurse manager comes in. They are the patient/family advocates for all aspects of treatment and recovery.

Keep that towel you were about to throw in; don't do it just yet.