My father was admitted last weekend, was tested for a blood infection, and send home on a "broad spectrum" antibiotic the next day, while the blood cultures were still pending. He was told that it was fine to stick with his original scheduling of a cervial epidural the day after discharge. That evening, I got a call from one of the "residents" (who were the only form of the scarce communication we had), saying the culture was positive, and that they had more cultures pending. Long story short, we took him back to ER at the end of the week, and after he was re-admitted, his culture came back with a rare infection, Egerthella Lenta. We were told of the severity of this that evening, and by the next day, he was being sent home. After refusing discharge (on a weekend), and demanding a call from either the Infectious Disease or Attending Doctor, the AD called at the end of the day giving me an update, when I already knew what was going on. We wanted copies of all the hospital notes and culture results. In addition, the residents called various members of the family during this time, to confuse information between us, which was just slimy. Infectious Disease left off saying they were researching this bacteria, because they did not know much about it. They disappeared, and then the discharge notification occurred. I hate this hopsital and this time, a lawsuit. We are sick of doing the jobs of these paid professionals.
