I am an Expert in my Field and this is How I treated a patient during COVID....

 As a young girl I learned what "a man's word" meant from watching my Dad.  We never had money, but we had more.  We had integrity, honesty and our word.  I learned at an early age that when you told someone you would do something, you did.  A hard days work was worth more money in the bank.  When Daddy died, I realized even though we had no money riches or value, my Daddy was a well respected man. 

As I've gotten older I have come to the conclusion that most people in our world have no integrity, more so those in the medical field.  No matter how educated or how high you've climbed on the ladder, no matter how much money you have, the less integrity you have.  You care not about the people you have sworn to help, cure or take care of, you are out for saving yourself and the money you can make. Hospitals get money for all COVID patients.  The get more money for those put on ventilators.

Since COVID and every medical product, lab test, pharmaceutical drug and yes vaccines all have been approved for emergency use authorization(EUA).  Some people including physicians believe that just because it has EUA they have no responsibility to the public to verify what they are treating, testing or vaccinating with is ok and will 'DO NO HARM".  "FDA has approved through EUA" physicians believe they don't need to validate this testing kit or methodology that they are truly reporting a negative results vs a positive results.  And the medicine/vaccine will not have long lasting effects.

Well let me fill you in.  Most of those testing kits your local doctor is performing at the office is made in China and has EUA.  Doctor's offices are getting large amounts for money to perform this test regardless or not if it's accurate. Only those higher laboratories such as hospital laboratories are validating testing.  I was employed as a Technical Supervisor at University of Florida, (one of the top laboratories in the nation) we started testing but validated testing FIRST.  With UF being a research university, many research labs had testing available within days of the lockdown due to COVID.  All the while, we could get results for patients to quarantine, but could not legally treat on those results because it was RESEARCH!! See link below for "traditional" FDA drug approval process.

https://www.drugwatch.com/fda/approval-process/

The vaccines that are now being used have ONLY BEEN TESTED FOR 7 months at the most!! IT IS STILL CONSIDERED CLINICAL TRIALS!!! (yes Pfizer got FDA approval because the CEO of Pfizer was on the committee to approve!!)

So I know what you are thinking,  These are doctor's treating your loved ones!! They are doing the best they can do!  They have an impeccable resume and years of experiences!! How can they do wrong???

Well let me tell you.

I learned that from 2 highly educated and experienced doctor's that held my daughter's life in their hands and let her die.

Here are their credentials:

Dr. X is fellowship trained and double board- certified trauma/critical care, vascular and general surgeon with a proven track record of unsurpassed outcomes and surgical excellence. He serves as the Director of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Acute Surgery at xxxxxx Center.

Dr. X has held academic and clinical appointments at SUNY Stony Brook University, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), Walter Reed and Bethesda Military Medical Centers, Florida State University and NY Hospital Queens Weill-Cornell University.

He is a fellow of most prestigious professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, American Association for Surgery of Trauma, Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine, International College of Surgeons.

Dr.X is retired U.S. Army Colonel, highly decorated war veteran and respected leader with voluminous wartime and battlefield experience, having served in numerous clinical and leadership positions and capacities, during over 26 years of military service.

Dr. Y is passionate about helping patients with complex fractures, traumatic injuries, and those in need of hip reconstruction or replacement surgery. He developed his techniques for trauma and fracture care while working at Methodist Hospital, one of the busiest Level 1 Trauma Centers in the United States.

Dr. Y completed his internship and residency at the University of Florida and remains an avid Gators fan.

Undergraduate Education : BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1997

Medical Education : MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 2001

Internship : Orthopedic Surgery, University of Florida, Shands Hospital, 2001 – 2002

Residency : Orthopedic Surgery, University of Florida, Shands Hospital, 2002 – 2006

Fellowships : Orthopedic Trauma, OrthoIndy, Methodist Hospital, 2006 – 2007

Honors/Awards : Graduated with highest university honors, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Board Certifications :

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Diplomat, 2009 – 2019Recertification by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017 – 2026

Yes I am sure you all can look at these credentials and think the same as I did.  But let me tell you what they didn't do.

Em suffered a pneumothorax. When she went in to the hospital she was have trouble going to the bathroom and the pain medicine made it worse.  Not to mention, she could only move her head and her right arm high enough to drink from a straw.  The following are a list of Em's injuries that I did not know of until after she died and I received a copy of her autopsy and medical record.

Unspecified fracture of shaft of right fem ur, initial encounter for closed fracture

unspecified fracture of  upper end of left humerus, initial encounter for open fracture

traumatic shock

traumatic hemopneumothorax

respiratory failure

unspecified fracture of humerus, right arm, initial encounter for closed fracture

other specified fracture of right pubis

multiple fractures of the ribs, left side

displaced pilon fracture of right tibia

contusion of lung, unilateral

unspecified fracture of first, second, third, fourth, fifth lumbar vertabra

unspecified zone I fracture of sacrum

acute posthemorrhagic anemia

tachycardia

displaced fracture of lateral malleolus of left fibula

other fracture of upper and lower end of the right fibula

gastric contents in respiratory trach

laceration left lower leg

contusion of head

bradycardia

ventricular fibrilation

She was placed in a private room where I was denied being able to advocate for her or just be there for support.

Over the 7 says she was in the hospital I made a total of 23 calls to nurses and house supervisor trying to get details of her injuries, treatments, outcomes and to speak with a doctor.  I received a total of 11 calls from the hospital. 3 from ICU nurses, 7 calls from case worker, ONE from a doctor on day 7, the day she died.

With her injuries and problems that were noted by the orthopedic's doctor's PA (high risk for an illeus)She never received another Chest x-ray until day 5. Even though a pneumothorax was noted on initial CT scan and she was non-ambulatory.  She never received any GI or lower abdominal workup due to her constipation.  So on day seven with severe shortness of breathe and nausea (I had my last facetime with her that morning at 8:30) then the nurse goes in and lays her back.  She says Em received a phone call (none on her cell phone and no one knew the hospital number because she was listed as a "jane doe").  She said she raised the bed and left the room to give her privacy. (This noted was deleted and re-entered 2 times). Upon returning they had realized Em have vomited, aspirated and was not breathing with no pulse.

The "good" physician called to let me know that she had "aspirated and code for 2 minutes, was intubated on a ventilator and moved back to ICU).  After reading her chart, she coded 2 times one for 30 minutes and the second for 45 minutes.

Even though I could not stay with her with proper PPE and mask, not one of the doctors or nurses had on ANY PPE other than gloves!!!

Two hours later, Don and I had to make the decision to stop life support.

So you all go ahead and debate who's telling the truth based on their credentials.  As for me and my family, I am COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE MAKING MY OWN DECISIONS WITH MY OWN EXPERIENCE, AND COMMON SENSE!!

ONE YEAR AGO EVERYONE WAS SAYING FAITH OVER FEAR.

FUNNY IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THAT TO CHANGE!!