dancemomof2
04-11-2007, 10:44 AM
Yesterday, I took Logan to the hospital for her kidney test. As someo f you know she was born with kidney and heart problems. It started bad and went so down hill.
We left home at 545 for the 2 hour trip there. 8AM we started in the lab with tons of u/a's and labs that were all fasting. I ask the lab to have someone come and put a Hep lockin as her tests required an IV and to avoid all the sticks with 1 pok, ok the lab tech missed the first vein and had to stick her again and the kid almost passed out. The lab tech assured me that the test would not need and IV ok whatever. We head to nuclear med for the MAG 3 renal scan and guess what, here they come to insert and and IV. She just about flipped out and then procedes to throw up on the lady inserting the IV. This lady looks at me and ask "Didn't you prepare her for this?" Well yes until your lab assured her differently. She then goes on to explain that they require a cath for this now and the kid was a complete nervous wreck and stands up to go to the waiting area and almost passed out on me good thing mom's have good reflexes. We go to the waiting area and this older RN comes to get us to cath her and starts prolonging this by trying to explain cathing to her like she was 21, using medical terms way above her head. I have to look at this woman and get blunt and interupt her and tell Logan that she was gonna insert a rubber straw and drain pee for the 45 mintues test. She tells Logan to frog leg it and the kid is so tense and almost passes out again because she was so worked up. another glare to this lady and she finally gets the hint to get with it. She cleans her off and inserts the cath and then the kid did pass out, smelling salts in hand they all came running. The tech finally got the rude nurse out of there and the kid calmed down and got the test done. We then had to have a kidney U/S.
By the time we got to the Dr and seen and her fed at 130PM she was exhausted. Her bad kidney is do about 25% of the work it should be and her good one is picking up the slack. The bad one is very atrophic but not enough to warrant any surgical intervention as of now. Her BP has been elevated the past 3 months and we are monitoring that for a few more weeks at home where she is comfy to see if the BP meds are needed again.
By the time all this was over and I finally got home, I wanted to rip everyone a new butt for her trauma and my bladder out from the flare.
Thanks for listening!!!!!!!!
We left home at 545 for the 2 hour trip there. 8AM we started in the lab with tons of u/a's and labs that were all fasting. I ask the lab to have someone come and put a Hep lockin as her tests required an IV and to avoid all the sticks with 1 pok, ok the lab tech missed the first vein and had to stick her again and the kid almost passed out. The lab tech assured me that the test would not need and IV ok whatever. We head to nuclear med for the MAG 3 renal scan and guess what, here they come to insert and and IV. She just about flipped out and then procedes to throw up on the lady inserting the IV. This lady looks at me and ask "Didn't you prepare her for this?" Well yes until your lab assured her differently. She then goes on to explain that they require a cath for this now and the kid was a complete nervous wreck and stands up to go to the waiting area and almost passed out on me good thing mom's have good reflexes. We go to the waiting area and this older RN comes to get us to cath her and starts prolonging this by trying to explain cathing to her like she was 21, using medical terms way above her head. I have to look at this woman and get blunt and interupt her and tell Logan that she was gonna insert a rubber straw and drain pee for the 45 mintues test. She tells Logan to frog leg it and the kid is so tense and almost passes out again because she was so worked up. another glare to this lady and she finally gets the hint to get with it. She cleans her off and inserts the cath and then the kid did pass out, smelling salts in hand they all came running. The tech finally got the rude nurse out of there and the kid calmed down and got the test done. We then had to have a kidney U/S.
By the time we got to the Dr and seen and her fed at 130PM she was exhausted. Her bad kidney is do about 25% of the work it should be and her good one is picking up the slack. The bad one is very atrophic but not enough to warrant any surgical intervention as of now. Her BP has been elevated the past 3 months and we are monitoring that for a few more weeks at home where she is comfy to see if the BP meds are needed again.
By the time all this was over and I finally got home, I wanted to rip everyone a new butt for her trauma and my bladder out from the flare.
Thanks for listening!!!!!!!!