Posted by violette on June 27, 2010, at 14:58:51
In reply to Re: Beware of Lithium in nursing homes » former poster, posted by violette on June 27, 2010, at 14:46:49
Formerposter - I was also thinking more about this...and am going to write a commendation letter to the hospital about this. Maybe the ER doc, resident, or nurse happened to notice she missed a dose or 2 of lithium that correlated with an improvement in symptoms...who knows. But I am really awed by this story. The family had been making arrangements for her placement in a nursing home for a few weeks and she was scheduled to move this week.
No one connected her health decline with the Lithium until after spending a week in the hospital.
I wrote a letter to a doctor years ago, thanking him for his care because he really stood out and I was so thankful for the way he cared for my child at a time when I was uninsured and both my child and I had generally lousy medical care...he actually took the time to write me back to thank me for writing him-it was such a heartfelt, sincere letter-he was so appreciative of my positive feedback and said it really made his day.
Happy doctors = happy patients....
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