For those of you that know me I work with Adults with developmental disbilities. I love my job very much and develop strong relationships with our consumers. for the last two weeks we sent this one lady home twice for being sick the day after she was sent back to us in no better condition. Her sisters said she was putting on a show nothing was wrong with her. She came in two days ago and started complaining of not being able to breathe. (keep in mind she is in a wheel chair) We had to call the ambulance to come and check her oxygen levels and so on. She was transported to the hospital where she was diagnosed with pneumonia. Infection so bad in here lungs tubes couldn't be placed. Now she is on life support can't breath on her own. her lungs have collapsed twice. And infection in her lungs in severe they take so much out and it's still just full. They tried to take her slowly off the life support today but she couldn't handle it.
Her family called today and said if we wanted to see her we needed to come before next week. They were going to take her off life support and if her lungs wouldn't work by themselves they were going to give her something to let her die comforably!!
I am so angry!! We had been telling the sisters for two weeks that she was sick and they did nothing. didn't even taker her to the doctor when we suggested it. They said her doctor would just call her in some antibotics. What do you say to the family when you feel it is there fault she is dying. I just want to yell and scream at them when they sit there and cry and pray for her to make it saying things will be different is she just pulls through!! Things should have been different to start with!!!! Now this presious life is ending because of neglect. How do i comfort these people. I don't even want to be around them at the hopital. I don't know. Keep this lady in your thoughts and prayers if you pray!! Because of laws I can't tell you her name but just think about her and me. Its like i'm losing a family member here. I spend more time with these people than i do my own family and it's just hard............
