mastoiditis - advice needed

[SenoraPostrophe]

sorry everyone - another thread, another rant.

Dd has been in hospital for over a week with mastoiditis (after an emergency op last fri). She now also has gastroenteritis (apparently our fault according to the xenophobic nurse). She didn't eat yesterday, but today they are supposed to be giving her another CAT scan, for which she will need a general anasthetic so she is nil by mouth.

She has had a big bowl of rice (but only after dp kicked up a stick this morning) at 9am but nothing since. No-one can tell us when the scan will be. She is 20 months, starving hungry, thirsty and thoroughly sleep-deprived due to hunger and the families-with-no-volume-control who are visiting the other 2 kids in the room. She would be much better off at home.

I'm sick of this now. I've just told dp to call me if there's no news in an hour and we'll bring her home. But just want to know if anyone can think of a good reason not to do this. The specialist this morning said everything looked fine with her operation wound, but they still want to do the scan (NB this is a country where it is normal to have an ultrasound every month in pregnancy)

[Pook]

Senora

What a terrible time for you. I'm afraid that I haven't any medical advice, but I'd listen to their reasons for proposing a CAT scan and perhaps ask whether it is essential it is carried out now, rather than in say a week or two when your dd has had time to recover from the current ordeal and is better rested and has been nurtured for a while. IF she was to have the GA at peak physical fitness rather than when she is at a low ebb, and you were able to take her in after a good night's sleep, I would have thought that this would be a better proposition. But then I'm no expert and this is just my gut feeling - if faced by medics saying essential that procedure done now and putting fear of god into my I'd probably react completely differently.
All the best.

[Pook]

Sorry - should have been a

[SenoraPostrophe]

Just spoken to someone who knows a bit about it and they say they would recommend the scan. Problem is I have heard from 2 people that the Spanish healthcare system does not take kindly on people who discharge themselves (one said they may refuse to treat her in the future). I don't know what to do.

BTW most of the nurses here are nice (even if they do seem to drink coffee all day). It turns out to be just the one nasty one and she's not there today.

[Podmog]

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