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RaeRaeMama · 05/05/2021 18:14

My baby has just been in hospital for her 7th day of antibiotics they haven't changed the cannular (I think that's what it is??) but a doctor and nurse checked it before they started the treatment. Fortunately on this occasion they didn't bandage is back up again and I saw that her hand started to swell up and went purple

They told me the treatment must not have gone in her vein - what does that even mean? Where has it gone?

I asked them to tell me what I should look out for and they just said discolouration

I'm so upset and so angry I don't know what to do with myself

Is there anyone medical on here who can advise me what this means?

Her antibiotics hadn't finished she was only half way through they said that it was enough for today. She is being treated for a UTI and possible beginnings of meningitis. She is 12 weeks old today.

I could have vomited. I am a FTM and I have no idea what to do. I said I wanted to make a complaint and a lady is going to ring me tomorrow.

I don't trust them I don't know what to do

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Purplewithred · 05/05/2021 18:23

Sorry, have I got this right. She's had a cannula in for 7 days for antibiotics. Today they left the cannula unbandaged, and after the drip went up you noticed her hand started to swell and discolour?

It sounds as though they didnt explain very well to you what had actually happened and what it meant. Can you ask someone on the ward to explain more clearly what's happened, and any risks associated with it?

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