Short rant and then I will find something to do with myself. We (brother and I, both guardians for Drew) have not been able to talk to a doctor in ICU at all and he’s been there 3 days. In particular, we have asked every single shift for his nurse to leave word for the Neuro Critical Team doctor/s to meet with us or call, and the GI Surgeons too. These people are determining his care and maybe have a plan. The only medical professionals we talked with outside of the nurses were the Dietician prior to IV nutrition being started and I spoke to the nurse installing his PICC line by phone so they had a witnessed approval.
I have personally spent a total of 22 hours in his room waiting for doctors to round. Nothing. John has spent 9 hours. Nothing. I am going to go in early tomorrow and sit there. If no one talks to me by 10 am I will definitely request a Social Worker On Call or go further. Btw, supposedly Drew is a little better today and is allowed a few ice chips every hour given by a nurse. But he’s sleeping most of the time. He still has NG tube but ketamine was finally stopped this afternoon.
I have personally spent a total of 22 hours in his room waiting for doctors to round. Nothing. John has spent 9 hours. Nothing. I am going to go in early tomorrow and sit there. If no one talks to me by 10 am I will definitely request a Social Worker On Call or go further. Btw, supposedly Drew is a little better today and is allowed a few ice chips every hour given by a nurse. But he’s sleeping most of the time. He still has NG tube but ketamine was finally stopped this afternoon.