Well, I had my meltdown today about 2:00.
I ended up having two nurse supervisors in my room, the pediatrician on my phone, and the surgeon being paged. Then one of my friends was calling the doctor over wound care to see if he would see us or not. Needless to say, a lot has happened.
Alex was told to not eat or drink after midnight. The surgeon said he would come by today to see if he needed to go into surgery. So he had not had anything to eat or drink. At 12:00 I am getting a little agitated that we had not seen the surgeon. At 1:30 I decide to go find the nurse. I asked her if she had heard anything and she said no. Well, I told her I was very unhappy. So she called in supervisor #1.
Well, supervisor #1 got an earful from me because it had been 13 hours and my child had not eaten or had a drink. She leaves the room and says she will be back with some information. Well, 30 minutes go by and nothing. So I go find them. She is on the phone and tells me the surgeon is in surgery. Well, momma kicks in again and I let her have in.
So, in comes supervisor #2. By this point I am crying because I am so mad. Which btw, is NOT a good thing. The second supervisor comes in and says well the surgeon can't do surgery because he needs to run this test and that test. Well, I have been there 3 days with my son. The test should have been ran already. So I nailed her.
At this point, we have figured out surgery isn't happening and I am giving Alex food and drinks. My mom has come up now because I told her I was having a meltdown. I leave to go get Alex something to eat. While going to the cafeteria, I am talking to my DH. And the pediatrician calls me. Promising to find out what is going on.
I go back to my son's room and the surgeon is there. Not the surgeon from the weekend. The surgeon who did the first knee surgery. Well, the surgeon from the weekend never contacted him to tell him Alex was in the hospital. The surgeon from the weekend also did not put him on the surgery schedule for today. I was UPSET.
To make a long story short, the original surgeon is back on the case. He will do surgery to clean out the infected area tomorrow morning. DH is with Alex and told me to come home and get rest. So, I will be back there about 5:00 am before he goes to surgery.
Praying and hoping this is the last and final thing that is needed for my sweet boy. He is ready to come home. If the surgery goes well, I should be home tomorrow or the next day with Alex.