Girl gets $4.7M for vaccine injuries

Bergen Record ^ | August 16, 2002 | LINDY WASHBURN

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A total of 7 MD's 2 of them ER Doctors in two different hospitals one a level 1 of which one runs an emergency pysch ward and the all miss Serotonin Syndrome? Well yes Bones I think that does bring into question the state of health care system. It's bad when they not only miss it once but re-induce it a second time and miss it again. Yes I know fine doctors. I know some fine dentist. I know some doctors who need to be in other field and I know of a dentist who killed a teenager in his office with a IV cocktail of pain killers. BTW a few years before the same MORON had put my wife into a drug induced Coma with a temp of below 90F.

You know if I was a vindictive sort we would rightfully be millionares right now. In all these cases concerning my wife I told the doctors to learn from their mistakes right after I fired them. Had we sued the dentist who gave my wife Mepergan for a simple tooth extraction and made her Coamtose perhaps he would have used some better judgement and not latter killed the teenager. He used it on my wife in his office and she has a cardiac history.

I've seen a lot of things I wish I hadn't. I saw a burned out Internal Medicine Doctor our doctor of about 14 years just walk in out of the blue and tell her she may as well give up hope for her UTI's. This same MD BTW went 14 years without doing a cardiology work up on her and treated her for 14 years with heart medications we found out this winter she never needed to start with. Oh it's true a quad can't take a standard Thalium Treadmill test But they can take the Enderson {SP} drug induced one which showed very mild arthymia which was also the time she was on the SSRI's which likely caused that. The Cardiologist said I see no reason for medication treatment. There was a slight problem stress related or triggered but she was fine.

When the bad ones start out numbering the good ones it's time to start looking at the problem. When a person with a high school education can make an accurate diagnoses that 7 doctors could not something is wrong. Serotonin Syndrome is a common reaction that doctors are dismissing as bad side effects of medications then when symptoms become accute mis diagnose it as psychosis.

I have one realitive who spent two years visiting specialist due to anxiety, depression, passing out, dizziness, and fatiuge. I told him have the doctor check your Inner Ear. Each one had a cute diagnoses including Arthritis of the spine. One old country doctor who practiced on a limited basis bothered to ask him ablout his medical history. Like ever had tubes in your ears? Were you in Nam? He had seen it he correctly diagnosed it as Inner Ear Dysfunction and treated it.

If I had not taken the time to research hers and my medical problems and got an understanding of what was what more mistakes would have happened. I've been a caregiver 17 years Doctor. Some of my info I got from trusted RN's I used to work with, some I learned before she could come home, some I learned on line, and some was showed me through devine intervention like the Serotonin Syndrome. Let's see doctor how many persons do you know have been caregivers for this long and not have the person get bed sores? Oh she had some pressure sores. A good surgeon and a Physical Therapist finally pinned it down to an ill designed wheel chair. That was her one and only. No home health visits either. When I call her doctor she listens and takes me serious she knows I'm not playing games.

But what get's me is your insistance about vaccines. 17 years ago her Neurologist was looking at two specific causes. Vaccine like a flu vaccine or previous contacing or having Polio. He kept asking about both. The MRI showed a small narrrowing at C-5 C-6 which he said was not sufficent or consistant for the extent of her outcome. He said I can't see how it could do it. It was after that the measurement of limbs showed up otherwise. He was on the right trail.

You know what really burnt me no end the night I took her to the ER with the Serotonin? The idiot attending her left her in her wheel chair & placed her in an issolation room unattended. He was not going to treat her. He wanted her ordered to a state mental hospital instead. I said this onset was fast and very out of character she had just seen a shrink two hours before. I said she has a coranary history is stroke possible? He asked stroke? I said yes is that a possibility I want it checked out. He said no it is not a possibility. I said what about blood work? What about a workup? He stupidly asked work up with a smirk. I said yes for physical causes she has had medication reactions before. He said she has no physical problems. This even though her BP was way up there. I proceeded to call him a not so kind name and asked where is my wife I'm taking her out right now. They had to search rooms.

Now get this. I had disabled her wheel chair for her own saftey. It is a power chair. I disengaged the motor from the gearbox it could be pushed but not powered. She could not have moved it no way it is an impossibility. I found her in an exam room slumped over in her chair in a Coma. No response in pupils. I know what I'm looking for there to. I've been trained. I yelled at the doctor she's unconscious he did not respond. I said she's out doc. he did not respond. I took her elsewhere. The whole thing was pathetic from the word go. They thought she was the nights crazy patient and were negligant to give her even basic care beyond a temp and BP.

She stayed unconscious for the trip to the next hospital ER. At first they were GUNG HO on helping her till I made the mistake of being honest and saying I brought her from another hospital ER. I showed them the medications as well. They got her back around but their attitude changed once they talked to the quack at the first hospital. I said I want some test ran. I want her checked for a stroke. It took them 5 days but guess what? MRI reported that she had indeed had at least two strokes. Time frames they thought were old but not sure. I do have my doubts and I think from what I know and understand now rightfully so. I think she may have had at least one under their's or the other ER's misguided care. I stayed there a week and watched every medication given which in the end was simple Benzo protocol.

You can say I'm full of crap that's fine. I've been through enough to know that once some doctors get an idea in their heads hell or high water of proof otherwise will not convince them they were wrong. But I now have no problem whatsoever standing my ground with a doctor when I have a gut feeling about something being wrong. It has served me well for 17 years. An Allergic reaction is possible with any type medication given. When a reaction occurs most doctors used to be smart enough to DC it.

I'm not down on the entire medical profession. I'm down on those doctors who stick their head in the sand and say there is not such problems when there is and evidence exist pointing to such as possibility or probability.