Deception?
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2001 1:00 pm
My daughter is 2 /1 years old. She has Erb's palsy as a result of a birth injury. She had very little movement from her shoulder for the first 4 months. She could, however, move from her elbow fairly well, just side to side. With a lot of therapy, she has great movement now. You would never know, just by looking at her, there was something wrong, unless you knew to look for it. She is limited in movements behind her back and above her head. She also has some loss of strength. She tends to carry it bent in front of her. We are just now considering surgery. She had such tremendous progress in such a short period of time, we thought and doctors thought, it would resolve itself. She has been to a surgeon here in town that said he wanted to do surgery next summer. We are taking her for a 2nd opinion next week and are considering going to TCH for another opinion.
I still think back to her birth and wonder if the hospital was trying to decieve me or if they really thought they were telling me the truth. I was told that her arm was probably like that (limp) because she was bunched up in the womb. Although my labor and delievery was 18 hours, the unbilical cord was wrapped around her neck and they used forceps. Also, when the forceps were used...I heard (and felt) a huge cracking noise, which I later learned was my tailbone. I was told that was normal and that it was either broken or bruised and either way there was nothing that could be done about it. I sill have trouble sitting today. I have never been to a doctor about it since I was told there was nothing that could be done. I also left the hospital with severe anemia, which no one told me. I finally found out when I went to my MD a few weeks later, after suffering from severe exhaustion and trying to breast feed and take care of a newborn. He was outraged that no one at the hospital had told me. He said it was amazing that I could even make it to his office in the shape I was in. It ended up that I had to take iron through my veins at the hospital twice a week for 6 weeks to get better.
Does anyone have anything in common with this situation? It was my first baby and I really believed everything I was told at the time. In hindsight...I am not so sure that I should believe everything. Any response would be appreciated
I still think back to her birth and wonder if the hospital was trying to decieve me or if they really thought they were telling me the truth. I was told that her arm was probably like that (limp) because she was bunched up in the womb. Although my labor and delievery was 18 hours, the unbilical cord was wrapped around her neck and they used forceps. Also, when the forceps were used...I heard (and felt) a huge cracking noise, which I later learned was my tailbone. I was told that was normal and that it was either broken or bruised and either way there was nothing that could be done about it. I sill have trouble sitting today. I have never been to a doctor about it since I was told there was nothing that could be done. I also left the hospital with severe anemia, which no one told me. I finally found out when I went to my MD a few weeks later, after suffering from severe exhaustion and trying to breast feed and take care of a newborn. He was outraged that no one at the hospital had told me. He said it was amazing that I could even make it to his office in the shape I was in. It ended up that I had to take iron through my veins at the hospital twice a week for 6 weeks to get better.
Does anyone have anything in common with this situation? It was my first baby and I really believed everything I was told at the time. In hindsight...I am not so sure that I should believe everything. Any response would be appreciated