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They nearly killed my husband!
They nearly killed my husband!
After a successful surgery on Thursday to remove a carcinoid tumor in his chest due to Cushing disease, he was discharged on Saturday midday. By Saturday evening we were in the ED twice - first for abdominal pain, later for back pain. He could not eat or drink. All they did was to give him pain meds, the first visit they also did an IV for fluids. We went home on Monday, still not eating or drinking, still in pain. 2 more visits to the local ED before the hospitalist said something was going on. Called the ED at Baptist only to be told the hydrate him and send him home. They refused to go further or take him back.
He then called Forsyth Medical Center which agreed to take him. One test at Forsyth confirmed he was in adrenal crisis. The endocrinologist he was seeing never saw him after his surgery, even though knowing for a long time the tumor was pumping cortisol into his body. His adrenal glands were not working and no one tested his cortisol level, even though they were taking blood.
Come to find out some symptoms of adrenal crisis is back and abdominal (and leg) pain and it is deadly.
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