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Very rude techs at the hospital

So for the most part we had an amazing doctors nurses and surgeons when we were at the hospital with Link yesterday. They were all kind patient and understanding with him. They even did a nose IV to give him medicine to calm him down and help him relax before they took him back into the surgery room. This made him fall asleep and they were able to start his IV while he was out.

But when he was in recovery for some reason the tech deck out the IV even though they had ordered blood work.

But he was in the recovery room Joel was holding him he added security blanket and he was sucking his thumb.

The tech looked at Joel and said you know I can give you information about breaking that horrible habit he has.

I tell you what it looks could kill that tech would be dead. Joel was not in the mood to deal that. This was also the tech that took out his IV. Not sure if this tech was trying to be helpful or just being rude or treating him bad because of his disability.

He even came back later to attempt to take the blood sample but Joel fast for a different person.

I don't really feel it was the time or place to say something like that when it was very clear that he still upset and needed to be comforted.

It is something we have talked about trying to get him to stop doing but not for a little while not after the surgery. Recovery is not going to be easy for him and he needs to be able to be comfortable and relax.
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It’s not their business how a child is raised and what habits they have. I would never say that to someone’s parent, that was super unprofessional and I am glad your partner asked for a new tech.

Plus removing the IV that is already so hard to get into a child’s arm was a really dumb call. My son hates needles and I would be furious if they had to torture him twice with later having to put the iv back in.

It’s not a nasty habit.. it’s a coping strategy and a really good one for children. Especially if he has autism. I hope his recovery goes smoothly and he doesn’t have to deal with the issues he had before the surgery.
Cigarguy · 41-45, C
@soulrespite he does not have autism but he does have down syndrome. And he is always sucked his son and had a security blanket to help fill him more comfortable. And as I said in another post we have no intentions of making them stop. He has a stressful few months ahead of him with his foot healing and getting back into using his afos. So it is not something we're even thinking about unless it starts causing major damage to his teeth