Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Louisiana
i hadbeen taking antibiotics for 3 weeks and during that time the doctor perscribedme 3 bottles of 20 10/325 hydrocodone. Well Tuesday the doctor put mein the hospital with a antibiotic drip along with morphine every four hours and hydroodone every two hours.I was getting better because my side stopped hurting but I was stillhaving alot ofproblemswith my testicals and rectum.Well the whole time Imin the hospital the iv drip kept stopping up andthe house administrater told me I need that medicine so Ikept the hose straight and even though I did the machine kept going off every 5 seconds so I had to restet it constantly allthe while onmy back hurting and needing to be ina fetal position.After this ordealI threw up all over my room,bed wall and couchandallalong they were 6 peopleinthere and I had tocleanup the vomit on my own and afterwards a guy came in and put some blankets ,sheets and pillow cases on my couch which I had to make my bed and seep and mop my room.the whole timeI was getting IVS in it tookthem at least six timesto get it right and this happened 3 different times my arms were all brused.After I got done with allmy work including the iV I asked for a coke and didnt getit until 3 hours laterand that wasnt the only thing I asked for whichtook a verylong time forme to get. After I got my coke I noticedthatI hadbreakfast ,dinner and supper allpiled upanit was all the same scrambled eggs. My nurse wasinthe room gettingmy other antibiotic drip ready and the morphine Itold her that I couldnt handle the eggsand myboss hadbrought my paycheck to me during that day. I asked thenurse where was the closets place I could cash a check and she toldme it was across the street at a chasebankIthenasked her if I coud go there and cashmy check and get something to eat and she said yes and Ialso asked her if she could watch all my bottles of medication and my 2000 dollar computer and she said it was fine but if I was gonna beon the thirdfloor I would have to wearmy gown but if I went anywhere else I could wear my regular clothes.All this time I was hurting verybad but just couldnt stand to lay inthat bed for another treatmentuntil I got something to eat.being I waas in the shape I was inI called acab tobringme tocashmy check and getme somethimg to eat.Well whenIgotbackthe housse administrater told methat Iwasnt discharged but I discharged myself because I wasgone to long and Ididntrealize that I had a time limitwhen I asked the nurse if I could go in the first place. The house administrater told me that ther were policys they had to gobuyand I had toget my stuff and leave Thursday. Itold her if they were policies then dont she think everyone should knowabout itandI shouldnt bethe one that had to suffer by leaving I mean come on they were six people there nobody got wrote up or fired I eas the only one tosufferbecause I askedher what do I do now I thought I would look a little stupid going to their er after gettingkicked off the 3rd floor but I went to the er anyway and dr. boudreaux was flabergasted after he found out what the third floor did to me sohe observedme and gavemeabottleof10/500 hydrocodone and he said thathe didnt want tosendmebacktothethirdfloor to getmistreated again. He told me that I needed toseemy family physician the nextmorning and he would straigten it out butcome tofindoutmydoctormustofheardthier sob storys and seemed tobemad at me so hecalledme fridaymorning and said if I wasnt gonna stay at the hospitalI didnt need tobe there regaurdless of what I had to do. I was getting better on my side very much and he told me to stay home and take the other two weeks of antibiotics I had left over keeping in mind they were gonna keep me in the hospital at least another week and now im back on the antibiotic pillss I started off with and thatrightthere didnt do me any good because i had tomiss alot of work. And another thing that upsetme was there was this nurse that said ileft with the iv inme probably to get some more drugs andthat caused me to gooff and tell them to get me a cup and i would prove i wasnt on drugs. Then the house administrater said she wasnt gonna argue withme and i needed togetmy stuffand get outso i did without saying a word besides letting themknow the facti was leaving wasgonna make me much worse and it is causingme toget worse. I would like to knowmyrightsand get tehmfor pain and suffering and the embarassment they caused me along with the mental anguish because i am dianosed withbipolor andbeen on social security for 9 years. Please let me know if i havea leg to standon because all im doing at homeisgettingworse. thank you Green Thompson III
2 Answer from Attorneys
If you feel that you have been negligently treated, you need to get a copy of your medical records and make an appointment with a medical malpractice/personal injury attorney. The attorney will review your records, have you see a doctor and determine the strength of your case. Though you give a lot of details, it is impossible to make a determination of how strong a case you have without having records reviewed.