Madashell47
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
Before I start, I should note that although we are Michigan residents, this incident occurred in Ohio while visiting family for Easter.
My 25 year old daughter started experiencing abdominal pain late Thursday night. By Friday morning, she was crying out in pain. Her boyfriend took her to ER1. She told the doctor at ER1 her symptoms - severe pain that started in lower abdomen but was then from her lower abdomen up to her rib cage. She also had weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and shortness of breath. ER1 took blood and urine samples, and did x-rays. ER1 told my daughter that all of her labs came back "clean and healthy". They told her she had pulled muscles, gave her morphine, and sent her home with prescriptions for Naproxen and Flexeril.
Less than 10 minutes after leaving ER1, my daughter once again started screaming in pain (I was not there, this is according to her boyfriend - he said she was half sitting, half laying on the front seat of his truck screaming and crying, curled up in a ball). Her boyfriend decided he wanted her to have a second opinion, so he took her directly to ER2. ER2 also took blood and urine samples, and scanned her abdomen. Her hemoglobin was 7.3 (should be 11-12!!). Long story short - she had an ovarian cyst that had burst, causing a blood vessel in her ovary to rupture, which caused internal bleeding. They did surgery and removed 2 pints of blood from her abdomen, and cauterized the blood vessel that was bleeding. She was released on Sunday, and is recovering with family in Ohio.
This is something that could have killed my daughter if she had listened to ER1, gone home and taken the meds they prescribed for her and tried to tough out the pain. Can ER1 be held responsible in any way for their mistake?
Before I start, I should note that although we are Michigan residents, this incident occurred in Ohio while visiting family for Easter.
My 25 year old daughter started experiencing abdominal pain late Thursday night. By Friday morning, she was crying out in pain. Her boyfriend took her to ER1. She told the doctor at ER1 her symptoms - severe pain that started in lower abdomen but was then from her lower abdomen up to her rib cage. She also had weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and shortness of breath. ER1 took blood and urine samples, and did x-rays. ER1 told my daughter that all of her labs came back "clean and healthy". They told her she had pulled muscles, gave her morphine, and sent her home with prescriptions for Naproxen and Flexeril.
Less than 10 minutes after leaving ER1, my daughter once again started screaming in pain (I was not there, this is according to her boyfriend - he said she was half sitting, half laying on the front seat of his truck screaming and crying, curled up in a ball). Her boyfriend decided he wanted her to have a second opinion, so he took her directly to ER2. ER2 also took blood and urine samples, and scanned her abdomen. Her hemoglobin was 7.3 (should be 11-12!!). Long story short - she had an ovarian cyst that had burst, causing a blood vessel in her ovary to rupture, which caused internal bleeding. They did surgery and removed 2 pints of blood from her abdomen, and cauterized the blood vessel that was bleeding. She was released on Sunday, and is recovering with family in Ohio.
This is something that could have killed my daughter if she had listened to ER1, gone home and taken the meds they prescribed for her and tried to tough out the pain. Can ER1 be held responsible in any way for their mistake?
), and she told him to just take her home, she didn't want to go to another ER. He pretty much told her to suck it up and deal with the fact that she WAS going to another hospital. 
