My younger cousin on Dad' s side is fighting Acute Renal Failure because of MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Her ordeal began 3 weeks ago when she sought out help because she had a sore toe. Like me she has Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and like me doesn't have health insurance. The ER Dr admited her for the toe to be amputated the following morning. The next morning the surgeon decided to not amputate the toe but put her on antibiotics that would fight the infection aggressively. This was the first mistake because Faith started getting sick and having severe stomache problems. Less than 3 days after being put on the aggressive antibiotics the medication was changed and a biopsy indicated her kidneys shut down. The next day she started DIALYSIS. She has had 5-6 rounds of Dialysis, 2 biopsies that indicates the kidneys are no longer functional and in the next couple days is being moved to a NURSING HOME. She is 36.
She can spend as little as 2 weeks in the Nursing Home or months. I'm worried sick because she's too young to be going through this. It almost feels surreal a few weeks ago she was healthy but now this bullsh*t.
The bad thing is if she tries to go home medicaid will no longer pay for her dialysis and she will die. So she is essentially a prisoner in a hospital bed with no rights to decide how to live her own life anymore or even where she will live.Dialysis is keeping her alive I realize that but it seems so unfair.
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