Need to vent! (long...sorry)

I am so annoyed by the situation I can't even stand it. Poor DH got the large part of my venting but he just left to a meeting...

My Grandma is in a nursing home in Long Beach. She is a diabetic and has some other health issues as well. As a result of her diabetes she had to have one of her legs amputated a few years ago.

Fast forward to present....she was having pain in her other leg. The Dr.'s ordered an angiogram to see if there were blockages. That was more than a month ago. I kept asking my mom and aunt what the results were. Weeks went by and they had no answers.

Finally gram got a new Doc so we thought everything was ok. Turns out she was supposed to have stent surgery (something they put in to keep the vein/artery open to increase/sustain bloodflow) TWO WEEKS AGO!

So she's been hurting and losing circulation little by little for all this time. She may lose the other leg because of this.

I don't know who went wrong or where but MY GOD this is someone's life. The nurses there (not all of them) SUCKK! They don't care and are cold to the patients and don't treat the families with anywhere near the respect they deserve.

UGH! I am so frustrated and what makes it worse is I live in Rochester (as does my sister)

I think my mom is gong to take her to the ER tomorrow so at least she can be seen by her former Docs and hopefully something can still be done....

thanks for letting me vent...

Oh Melissa I am sorry about your Grandma.....how do they 'forget' about a surgery???? That her leg can be saved!!! and for all your aggrivation!!!

I am so sorry, you would think people that go into a field to take careof someone would do just that

im so sorry to read this!!!!



i hope she gets seen by another doctor asap, ER or whateever! and that something is done to help her. keep us updated!

Just the fact that grandma is a diabetic and has already had one leg removed should have send red flags in the air to perform routine tests of circulation and infections. I'm sorry to hear she is in discomfort and that you are too far away to get up in someone's face and get answers. Sending grandma some of these

Wow I am so sorry Your poor gram has to go through this

holy lord! LAW SUIT?! I'm so sorry you and your family are going through this. My family has been through something very similar twice now (diabetic grandfather and uncle, and aunt on my other side). It's not easy to find a nursing home that cares and looks out for patients.

I hope that your grandmother is ok and that they can save her leg!!!

I am so sorry for everything your grandmother is going through. It is a shame that there are doctors / nurses/ caregivers that drop the ball like that. it should never be that way.