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Re: no subject received Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:18:19 -0500 From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net) Fri Aug 8 16:05:28 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: no subject received Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:18:19 -0500" Previous message: Ken Turkowski: "Updated Annotated VBAC Bibliography has been posted" In reply to: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "no subject received Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:18:19 -0500" Lynn Sorry for the patient and for you for being the source of blame. I think it's unfortunate that people don't understand that bad things happen no matter how careful we live our lives. And sometimes, no one is responsible. And sometimes, nothing can be done to prevent it from happening again. I think it's especially unfortunate that the patient lost someone, her doctor who could have been one more source of support during such a trying time. On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 01:24 PM, Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. wrote: > Heh y'all, > Had a great experience that makes me want to keep doing this > business.  Following a patient for her pregnancy with the only > complication being gestational diabetes - diet controlled.  She was 39 > weeks and presented for her scheduled OB visit.  I greeted her then > had her recline to check the baby - since the u/s is sitting there, I > do my OB checks with it.  I note a fetal demise, put down the > transducer and tell her as empathetically as you can do something like > that.  Without hesitation, she sat bolt upright and called me a > fu----- and said I was responsible for the loss of her baby.  She > continued to scream obscenities at me and threw a towel at me.  She > then told me that there would be a guaranteed law suit and that she > was holding me responsible for her loss - that I should have delivered > her at 37 weeks.  Then she turned to her husband, who was sobbing and > said, "I told you we should have come in a couple of days ago cause > the baby wasn't moving".  She then stormed out of the office. >   > Got called the next morning by a family doc North of here who > delivered her.  True knot in the cord, combined with a nuchal cord x 2 > and it was his opinion that the baby had been gone for several days by > appearances. >   > Have never experienced anything like that in 15 years of practice. >   > Love doing a job when it is a given that its always my fault - > always... > Lynn > ************************************************************************ **** Charlie Chambers Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "Almost anything you do will seem insignificant but it is very important that you do it....You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -- Mahatma Ghandi. ************************************************************************ ******* Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: no subject received Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:18:19 -0500" Previous message: Ken Turkowski: "Updated Annotated VBAC Bibliography has been posted" In reply to: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "no subject received Fri, 8 Aug 2003 15:18:19 -0500"

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