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Re: Need opinions pleaseFrom: Len2976@aol.comFri Sep 21 07:35:46 2007
Gail-- #1 About 2 weeks ago, I received a call at night from a frantic mother--her baby had been circumcised that day and his diaper was "full of blood." I had her come to the L&D unit. She was not exaggerating. I saw no active bleeding, but we changed the gauze and he did start bleeding again. I sent her to ER, where the doctor sent her to the children's hospital in St. Petersburg. The next day when I called to ask how the baby was, she asked--"Has that ever happened with that doctor (the obstetrician I work for) before?" I answered in the negative. She was obviously still shaken by the experienced and sounded angry. I explained that while this is very rare, bleeding can occur when everything was done correctly and is a risk of circumcision. I called her again to express my concern for her and the baby--she brought him to the office to show us and I have since seen her back for her 2 week check. #2 My husband had a triple by-pass about 3 weeks ago. He had a great cardiovascular surgeon--if I ever need a by-pass, I'll pick him. As per routine, he received heparin during the by-pass. Mike has early onset Parkinson's and due to this his recovery and ability to ambulate was slow and he went to rehab. About a week later he was sent back to the hospital with DVTs in both legs and a moderate sized clot in his lung. The surgeon placed a Greenfield filter. Of course on admission, heparin therapy was again initiated. This was until the hematologist discovered he has HIT (heparin induced thrombocytopenia). This is a very rare condition--the surgeon had no way of knowing this would happen. My husband is now doing well. The point I'm trying to make is that there is such a thing as a risk of the procedure or childbirth. 4th degree lacerations and fistulas (while rare) do occur. The fact that it did does not mean something improper was done. You can't always look to blame someone for "bad luck." Lenora McCall, CNM
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