Ｒｅａｌ Ｐａｔｉｅｎｔ Ｓｔｏｒｉｅｓ: 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦

A week after her physical, Nathan's mom seemed really confused, so he took her to the ER, describing her extreme confusion to the doctor. There was no examination; he didn’t even look at their mom or touch her. Tests showed a bladder infection with which the doctor reassured the confusion was normal.

After a few days of no improvement, they visit the ER again, a different doctor this time, but again no examination, and again a prescription. When another few days pass and his mom was still not well, Nathan tried to have her see her own doctor, but since he was about to be in surgery he tells them to go to the ER.

By now, very upset, Nathan steps in to advocate for his mom, and tells the ER doctor they really need some answers this time. All the tests were finally ordered, and because of a poor mental status test his mom was sent for a CT scan. The results of the CT were that she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer metastasized to the brain. At that point, there wasn't anything that could be done but make her comfortable. Nathan's mom died 7 weeks later.

Caregivers & families, if you see something wrong, speak up in the moment, you never know how much your voice can impact the outcome. let's conquer silence! 

* 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺.