in shock my daughters life on the line need your help!!!

[cathleenrmermaid7]

I cant believe what just transpired today!! I brought my daughter to the ER after her pca's called me and said you need to come look at this wound(bedsore) We have been trying to get it healed for some time. She sees a wound care specialist every other week. My daughter has spastic cp and is wheelchair bound. She is 30 years old and lives in her own home. anyways I am trying to make this a quick question. The bedsore went from a small pinhole wound to being the size of a fist and to the bone i can actually see bone, in two days due to neucrotic tissue, when i looked at it at her house i almost fainted (and i work in the icu at Maine Medical Center not as a RN yet but I am a student anyways the sore is HUGE and infected. I asked the surgeon what was the plan and he said oh just have her go home and have the pcas pack it and have them call a plasic surgeon!!! I was so in shock I just said what??? THen i told him i worked in a hospital and he said oh is that right, then he said well it is so deep and infected that we cant handle it here so we need to send her to Maine Medical Center. What the !!! it wasnt so bad a minute ago. She has had them before because she hates to go to bed but NEVER this bad, we were aquaciling it the wet to dry but to no avail. Can you believe this?? So tomorrow she is going to Maine Med because their are not any beds available tonight there she is in the local hospitals icu right now. I just needed to vent and know that my faith mostly are in nurses not Dr.s

I know you cant give medical advice but how dangerous is this if it is so deep and infected?? PS when the RN looked at it upstairs her face turned white and mouthed oh my god to me of course so my daughter couldnt here but what the ** was the Dr. thinking?? He did smell alittle like alcohol and no i dont mean rubbing alcohol. Sorry such a long rant but i have such a faith in nurses I work with amazing ones. how worried should i be, and was i overeacting??

[KaroSnowQueen, RN]

Good for you for standing up to the doc and getting him to reverse his first decision!!! You are your daughter's best advocate. Now that she is in the hospital, they can work on this wound and get it under control. Your daughter will have to accept the position changes, etc, but I'm sure it can be healed up. You're a good mom and I'm glad you questioned the doc!!!:redpinkhe:bowingpur

[BlueRidgeHomeRN]

maybe depending on the outcome of the treatment, you can request a wound vac in the end.

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my thoughts, too--have seen incredible results from the vac [not a kci rep or shareholder, just an old wound care nurse!]

keep up being such a great mom and advocate!

((((((((:redbeathe)))))))))

[Happy TBA Nurse]

I'm glad you were there to advocate for your daughter. I worked with disabled adults in the past and it could at times be very difficult to get families involved. I commend your courage. So glad you spoke up to that M.D. It seems from my experience they don't always treat people with disabilities as vigorously as those with out. Good job! :icon_hug:

[KrissyPRN]

My prayers are with you and your daughter.:prdnrs:

[CarVsTree]

I'm so sorry you and your daughter are going through this. Take a deep breath and take it one day at a time. She will be in the right place soon.

Not giving medical advice, but I just want to say I LOVE wound vacs :-)

You and your daughters are in my prayers.

{{HUGS}}

[cheshirecat]

If there is necrotic tissue they might use larvae therapy (sterile maggots) to get rid of the tissue, and then use vac therapy when the wound is cleaner.

Hope everything goes ok for your daughter.

[leslie :-D]

if your dtr receives medicare, i believe she would qualify for an air flotation mattress as well as something appropriate for her wc.

it's certainly worth looking into.

you might even consider getting another doctor, too.

wishing you both the very best.

leslie

[cathleenrmermaid7]

Thank you all again for your expertise and thoughts, my daughter went into surgery at Maine Med this afternoon. I talked to the PA that was in the or with her and she said unfortunetly it was to the bone(osteomylitis)? I think I spelled it right(sorry Im so tired anyways she is stable and yes they will use a vac on her. It was a revelation to me tonight as i looked at her while she was sleeping, and have thought of the trials of her life and acually thanked god again for her because their has to be an angel on her shoulder and a plan in Gods love for her because acourding to her surgeon she should be septic and pretty much dead. PS. the Dr. that told me to just take her home and clean it up and call a plastic surgeon was called on. The Dr. that admitted my daughter at 3:00 am called him and pretty much asked what the ***. But anyways when I left tonight at 11:00 PM she was resting and again THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LOVE YOU SENT TO ME AND HER: GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT!!:redbeathe:nurse::bowingpur

[NurseCard, ADN]

Yayyyyy!!!! Glad to hear that your precious girl is on her way to recovery!

[TiredMD]

The bedsore went from a small pinhole wound to being the size of a fist and to the bone i can actually see bone, in two days due to neucrotic tissue . . .

Funny how everyone is just ignoring this part.

[SDS_RN, RN]

It's so hard to watch our children go through such tough stuff but you sound like a great mom and did all the right things. Wishing her a speedy recovery & I will be praying for the both of you. God Bless.

[Liddle Noodnik]

Funny how everyone is just ignoring this part.

Did you see post 9 and I think it was 14? What else do you want to add, keeping in mind we aren't allowed to give medical advice. Thanks.