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As someone who has always maintained a high level of admiration for the medical field my lastest experience at Logan Regional Hospital was very disappointing.
I am not writing this review to be negative or overly critical. My intention is to hopefully improve the process.
My Mom has had COPD for quite a few years now, which we have managed effectively, but unfortunately COPD patients experience flare-ups periodically that requires treatment with antibiotics and prednisone.
I usually take my Mom to the hospital inorder to address the problem as quickly as possible. Sometimes She stays a night or possibly two inorder to return Her Oxygen saturation and pulse rates to normal.
This time I took my 77 year old Mom to Logan Regional Hospital for the usual treatment for elevated heartrate and was surprised right away when they insisted on elevating my Mom's oxygen to 100%.
COPD requires oxygen saturation levels between 88-92 unlike common people that should be above 92. In the medical field it is common knowledge that COPD patients shouldn't be above 92%. They dismissed my concerns in a belittling manner. Like I had no idea what I was talking about even though you can verify it with a simple Google search.
They told me my Mom possibly had pneumonia even though She has been vaccinated for pneumonia, RSV, and COVID. She also hadn't shown any physical symptoms. Then they suggested She might have a bloodclot in Her lungs which later proved to also be unfounded. I tried to explain these flare-ups are quite common in COPD and how we normally treat it and asked them to please contact our Pulmologist which we have 3 years of documented history with. They just insisted on keeping my Mom in ICU long after Her numbers were back to Her normal. I even took pictures of Her monitor and oxygen flows throughout Her stay that verify this.
They also insisted we confer with their pulmologist which appeared unproductive since He was completely unfamiliar with my Mothers condition or case history.
After my Mothers condition returned to normal keeping Her in ICU actually put Her health at risk from an inability to sleep. I tried to explain that if my Mom just misses Her nap it negativity impacts Her oxygen needs and pulse rate. Which I could show with our oxygen monitoring logs. At this point my Mom hadn't sleep in over 24 hours. So my number one concern was a condition referred to as ICU delirium which can be catastrophic in elderly patients especially with preexisting conditions.
I have seen the rapid decline and devastating effects of an inability to sleep in a hospital setting. I was deeply concerned by keeping my sleep deprived elderly Mother in ICU after Her oxygen and pulse rate had returned to Her normal that she would start to regress ultimately resulting in requiring Her to further stay in ICU exacerbating the problem.
When Her numbers were great for 24 hours we asked to leave and they refused to discharge us. Implying somehow that if I did that I would be going against doctors orders and irresponsibly putting my Mom in danger. Apparently a nurse had inaccurately written in her notes that my Moms oxygen dropped while going to the bathroom requiring her oxygen flow to be turned up to 12 liters. Implying that since we only have a 10 liter machine at home it wouldn't be enough. I explained to the doctor that my Mom's oxygen always drops when she walks around and turning it up to 8 liter flow gets the same result and the nurse didn't actually need to turn it all the way up to 12. I offered to show Him by having Her get up on the 8 liter setting.
I genuiely appreciated their concern and desire to eliminate every possible cause of Her flare-up. But after completing a CT, X-Ray, Co2 Gas tests, Ultrasounds of lungs and heart, phlegm evaluation and numerous other tests I was confused why they wouldn't allow us to leave. Her condition had already improved so I asked what other tests were necessary?
The Doctor unwilling to come talk to us directly replied through the nurse, that there would be no additional tests, but He wanted to continue to monitor Her to make sure Her numbers remained good.
Since we home monitor I said I would quickly bring Her back if a flare-up reaccured but normally they don't reacure for awhile.
So, because I didn't want to be unjustafiably labeled as a danger to my Mom I was forced to leave my sleep deprived, exhausted mother in their care risking the potential complications associated.
Thankfully my Mom was able to get some sleep the final night or this situation could of had an entirely different outcome.
Unless it is an absolute emergency I will do my best to avoid taking Her there again. I will take Her to Salt Lake instead and would recommend you do the same.
