Hi Rhonda,
I think, I hope, that if I were in your shoes, I will tell the doctors
everything.
They may pick it up, and again, they may not.  So do it.
Vinny
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From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 7:39 PM
Subject: Mother hospital icu


> My mother is in the hospital in icu,  they say she has pneumonia, she has
a
> tube down her throat helping her breathe.
> She doesn't seem to be doing very well.
> The problem I have is this, my mom has a drug problem, she abuses
prescribed
> drugs, pain medications, nerve pills.  She often takes too many of these
and
> is groggy and sleeps a lot.
> So now that she  is in the hospital because my dad couldn't get her to
wake
> up, he isn't telling the doctors about all the medications she is taking!
my
> parents have custody of my sisters girls who are 15 and 12, so they fear
> telling the hospital all the medicines worrying about what family services
> will think.  My position is that if my mother is to receive the care she
> needs, the doctors need to know everything.
> My dad says they will find it all out through blood tests, I fear they do
> not know everything and so could be giving her medication she does not
need.
> The doctor came in this evening and said she had a massive heartattack,
> so I am inclined to tell the doctors the truth, and who ever wants too can
> be angry, what do you all think?
>
> Rhonda