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Experience number: | 1508 | |
Date of experience: | 1/19/2022 | |
First Name: | Lyndsey | |
Last Name: | Crockett | |
Email: | ltufoct@yahoo.com | |
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I contracted covid 19/Flu on 12/23/2021. I am not vaccinated for reasons I will state later on in this letter. As soon as I learned I was sick I self-isolated. I became more and more ill as the days went on. I was unable to keep anything down, I had body chills, fever, persistent cough and my legs started to cramp. After 12 days I became so weak that my husband called the local ambulance to transport me to your emergency center. I arrived at 2 am. I was the only, I repeat, the only patient in the ER facility at that time. The staff was attentive and immediately started fluid therapy. I was given anti-nausea medication in hopes I would be able to keep the fluids down. The staff was not concerned that I hadn’t eaten in 2 weeks. No blood tests were run nor was chest x-ray taken. I was lectured by the doctor on call about being unvaccinated and sent home an hour later with some anti-nausea pills and instructions on how to self-isolate. I told the staff I still didn’t feel well enough to leave but that fell on deaf ears. 24 hours later I returned to the ER. This time my husband drove me. Upon arrival he was met by the front desk receptionist. She was curt, rude, unwelcoming and counter to everything you would expect at a health care facility. He was told he could not come in and to have me walk in on my own. I was so weak and struggling to breathe but there was no help offered and so I made my way inside. The receptionist sent me to a corner of the waiting room area and told me to wait to be seen. Once again I was the only patient in the entire ER center at that time. I didn’t have to wait too long as I was once again greeted by an even more rude receptionist. It was her job to check me in and place me in a room. She was short, uncompassionate and inpatient. After checking me in she asked me to follow her to an exam room. She told me to undress and wait for someone to come see me. I undressed and after 1.5 hours of not being attended to I opened the door to inquire when someone might be available. I was reprimanded by a staff member to get back in the room and do not come out again. I asked if I could have some ice chips and was emphatically told no. I went back in the room and waited 30 more minutes. The doctor finally arrived and once again gave me a lecture on vaccinations, checked my pulse and asked me to open my mouth for a quick dry check. Then his words to me were that there was absolutely NOTHING he could do and that he knew how miserable Covid was which was why he didn’t want to get it. He proceeded to tell me that it was up to me to get better on my own and basically that it was what it was. He wasn’t concerned that I hadn’t eaten for 14 days or that I was short of breath. I was sent home again with yet another prescription for anti-nausea meds. I left feeling as though I was bothering the staff and that I was making more out of this than it was. However, the next day when I struggled to catch my breathe, my husband called the Emergency Center at Northern Lights in Bangor. They told him to get me there as soon as possible and they would take care of me. I arrived at Northern Lights on Friday morning at 10a. I was greeted kindly and with compassion. There were several other patients in the waiting area yet I was never meant to feel as though I was wasting anyone’s time. The first thing they did was an EKG to check my heart. Then I was brought into an ER exam room. Blood was drawn, blood glucose tested, fluid treatment was started, and a chest x-ray was completed. The results: • Covid pneumonia • Very low Potassium level • Extremely dehydrated • Struggling to breathe • Fever I was given 5 bags of potassium chloride, an inhaler, more fluids and treated kindly and with respect. So, this leads me to the reason for writing this letter. Whether or not you chose to hear what I have to say is entirely your decision but I write nonetheless as it may open your eyes and hearts to how you’re |
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