Just looking for an opinion...
Earlier last year I was admitted to the hospital due to pancreas problems, which I have had in the past. During this visit, i was put on a morphine pump to control the pain, in which i was getting 10mg per hour.
A couple of days later, I was feeling less pain, so the doctor had ordered the dosage lowered to 7.5mg/hour. A short time later, two nurses came in to lower the pump, which seemed to take them forever to get it right, they spent at least 20 mins trying to figure it out. They even discussed calling someone to help them figure the machine out.
I remember them finally saying to each other that they had figured it out, and left the room.
The next thing that i remember is waking up in a new room, with a crash cart beside me with a doctor standing over me telling me that i would be alright.
Come to find out, the nurses had changed the dosage to 7.5ML/hour instead of 7.5 MG...which i was told works out to be over 35. mg/hour. To this day I am unsure how long that I was out, since a nurse just happened to walk by and notice a dirty towel on the end of my bed and noticed that i was not awake or responsive. When she found me I was bleeding from the nose and not breathing and that a Code Blue had been called...
I have contacted a lawyer and seen many specialists since, and my concern is, although the hospital is willing to settle, what happens if i settle and I occur further complications from this overdose. I have seen the eye specialists and they have told me that there was no damage and that my eyes are good, but sensitive to light.
My problem is that I work on a computer everyday and my eyesight is essential, and although the doctors have told me that my eyesight is good, i have had days that I cannot read or see my computer screen, everything is blurry and I can not read what is in front of me.
Sorry for such a long post, but my question is this, if I do accept their offer, does that limit me to any further action against the hospital in the future if for example my eyesight is lost and it can be proven that it has been a result of the overdose?
Thanks for your opinions.
Earlier last year I was admitted to the hospital due to pancreas problems, which I have had in the past. During this visit, i was put on a morphine pump to control the pain, in which i was getting 10mg per hour.
A couple of days later, I was feeling less pain, so the doctor had ordered the dosage lowered to 7.5mg/hour. A short time later, two nurses came in to lower the pump, which seemed to take them forever to get it right, they spent at least 20 mins trying to figure it out. They even discussed calling someone to help them figure the machine out.
I remember them finally saying to each other that they had figured it out, and left the room.
The next thing that i remember is waking up in a new room, with a crash cart beside me with a doctor standing over me telling me that i would be alright.
Come to find out, the nurses had changed the dosage to 7.5ML/hour instead of 7.5 MG...which i was told works out to be over 35. mg/hour. To this day I am unsure how long that I was out, since a nurse just happened to walk by and notice a dirty towel on the end of my bed and noticed that i was not awake or responsive. When she found me I was bleeding from the nose and not breathing and that a Code Blue had been called...
I have contacted a lawyer and seen many specialists since, and my concern is, although the hospital is willing to settle, what happens if i settle and I occur further complications from this overdose. I have seen the eye specialists and they have told me that there was no damage and that my eyes are good, but sensitive to light.
My problem is that I work on a computer everyday and my eyesight is essential, and although the doctors have told me that my eyesight is good, i have had days that I cannot read or see my computer screen, everything is blurry and I can not read what is in front of me.
Sorry for such a long post, but my question is this, if I do accept their offer, does that limit me to any further action against the hospital in the future if for example my eyesight is lost and it can be proven that it has been a result of the overdose?
Thanks for your opinions.
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