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[xmas74]

257. Passed this story along to a friend who is a retired

Oncology nurse. She worked in a children's hospital for several years before retiring from a research hospital. (Systematic lupus had begun to affect a few organs and she couldn't do the work she loved.)

Anyhow, she said it stinks to high heaven. If they didn't remove the kidney it's because it had spread to both and they're trying to save some function. She also said the chemo comments tell her that the biopsy wasn't needed and it was obvious exactly what they were dealing with. (She mentioned Wilms.)

She said if that's how the mother was acting then yes, she would have been removed and Social Services would step in. She even made a comment about the tray supposedly sitting overnight, saying with a child that would never happen. There would have been an RN, a CNA or a feeding aide in the room to help with feeding and they would have removed the tray after feeding for dietary. She said they would not leave that in the room since they would need to record exactly how much she consumed and if any foods gave her trouble.

She also said that you'll see this type of parent a few times a year. They get their medical license from Google searches and believe everything can be cured with honey. She said they often disrupt the care of not just their own child but interrupt in the treatment of others. She was in the field for thirty years so I'd say she's been around to see it all.