re: Prayers Needed from the OT Community *Update Page 28*

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Yes there was one other patient who was dry heaving into a bag in the waiting room area next to us. He was admitted just before my son. We could hear him trying to vomit from our room. Poor guy sounded like he was giving up a lung. There were no other patients at the clinic.

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Of course, we’re all speculating as to what could have happened to your son, but three things from your account of the time he was in the clinic stick out to me that I can’t seem to get past.

1. You saw medications given via his IV that are not accurately documented in the medical record (and you thought that perhaps glucose was given intravenously).
2. His glucose was in the 60s yet, by your account, the medical personnel were trying to raise his glucose level.
3. Before the catastrophe, it was announced that he would be monitored for an additional six hours.

I don’t want to wrongfully incriminate anyone in the death of your son. As a medical professional, I wouldn’t want anyone to do that to me. But, these three points immediately made me wonder if insulin was inadvertently administered.

I want to echo what others have said. You should be documenting as much as you possibly can while the minutiae of the event are clearest in your mind and that of your wife. Those notes, and probably things you’ve documented in this thread, will likely be useful in the future.