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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 397776" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Katie went to the ER yesterday afternoon around 12:30pm. husband picked her up at the shelter and took her, dropped her off and came home. She had another headache is what M told me when he called. I dunno if she did or not. But due to the leg swelling, when husband balked at taking her.....well, he had no say so in the matter, I told him she needed to be seen.</p><p></p><p>She was in the ER from 12:45pm until 7pm. husband came back home to wait. When she called to be picked up I asked her what they told her. She said nothing. They refused to do any tests at all, did not write her a single prescription, even for her migraines, and told her to go home. Katie sounded stunned on the phone.</p><p></p><p>That told me a lot more than it told her. Our ER draws blood on every patient who walks in the door and screens for everything under the sun just about. I know as I've done it both as a phlebotomist and as a nurse. A tox screen for drug use is standard procedure. From the staff reaction? Katie failed her tox screen and nothing else showed up in the blood tests. Once that happens hospital staff shut down. You'll get no scripts, test, and will be sent home. They deal with far too many addicts day in and day out, they don't play around. Doesn't matter if it's OTC or "street" drugs or prescriptions. They've seen people abuse them all.</p><p></p><p>Now that they've pegged her as a drug seeker..................well, let's just say she might as well never go to our ER again. She'll have to either have such obvious symptoms of illness or be close to dying before they'll believe a word that comes out of her mouth. Hoovers, but that is reality. Once I used to believe it was wrong......I still have some issues with it........but after working the ER just the short time that I did? I see the necessity of such a policy. She'll never receive any medication there that could even remotely get her high, not for any reason.</p><p></p><p>I had a long discussion with easy child last night over the leg swelling thing. She has far more experience passing medications than I do. I didn't want to jump to conclusions, so I deferred to her experience and judgment. We don't know if katie is abusing street drugs or not, but we do know she is abusing OTC medications as I've seen her do it time and again and have chewed her out for it more than once. The types she's abusing would cause the leg swelling as they're very hard on the kidneys. When she failed her tox screen at the hospital it told their staff as well as us that that is the reason for the swelling. </p><p></p><p>At our shelter she won't be buying OTC medications, as husband and I won't give her the cash to do so. Sad but we can't even trust her to buy cough medications and actually give it to the kids. Up in dayton they were using their food stamp card to buy everything but the kitchen sink.........M was bragging about some store that accepted the foodstamp card like cash. I forget it's name but if he says it again I'll be turning them in to welfare. As I said before, here the shelter locks up their food stamp card and won't let them near it until they leave to force them to save for stocking a home with groceries once they get it. They won't be using it for cash or even food while they're in our shelter. </p><p></p><p>I've noticed a pattern to the headaches. When they have no money is when they appear and won't go away. Not stress. Withdrawl from the OTC medications she can no longer buy. (and lord knows if anything else) </p><p></p><p>This shelter has them "moving" within 24 hrs to get to job services, welfare, and around town to apply for jobs. I've talked to staff there enough to know they don't play games. Katie pulled a big no no in going to the ER during this first 24 hrs. She wanted medications, but also didn't want to have to go do all those other things the shelter requires. Shelter staff is also experienced enough to know if she goes back and tells them the ER docs did nothing that she was pegged as a drug seeker. If she pulls it again.......or does one of her fake seizures (at this point I think she's faking them as I've as yet to see a single one) they're likely to be tossed out on their fannies. At our shelter they're expected to work the program or get out. No games. No excuses. It's a strict place for a shelter........hence the phone and in person interviews.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 397776, member: 84"] Katie went to the ER yesterday afternoon around 12:30pm. husband picked her up at the shelter and took her, dropped her off and came home. She had another headache is what M told me when he called. I dunno if she did or not. But due to the leg swelling, when husband balked at taking her.....well, he had no say so in the matter, I told him she needed to be seen. She was in the ER from 12:45pm until 7pm. husband came back home to wait. When she called to be picked up I asked her what they told her. She said nothing. They refused to do any tests at all, did not write her a single prescription, even for her migraines, and told her to go home. Katie sounded stunned on the phone. That told me a lot more than it told her. Our ER draws blood on every patient who walks in the door and screens for everything under the sun just about. I know as I've done it both as a phlebotomist and as a nurse. A tox screen for drug use is standard procedure. From the staff reaction? Katie failed her tox screen and nothing else showed up in the blood tests. Once that happens hospital staff shut down. You'll get no scripts, test, and will be sent home. They deal with far too many addicts day in and day out, they don't play around. Doesn't matter if it's OTC or "street" drugs or prescriptions. They've seen people abuse them all. Now that they've pegged her as a drug seeker..................well, let's just say she might as well never go to our ER again. She'll have to either have such obvious symptoms of illness or be close to dying before they'll believe a word that comes out of her mouth. Hoovers, but that is reality. Once I used to believe it was wrong......I still have some issues with it........but after working the ER just the short time that I did? I see the necessity of such a policy. She'll never receive any medication there that could even remotely get her high, not for any reason. I had a long discussion with easy child last night over the leg swelling thing. She has far more experience passing medications than I do. I didn't want to jump to conclusions, so I deferred to her experience and judgment. We don't know if katie is abusing street drugs or not, but we do know she is abusing OTC medications as I've seen her do it time and again and have chewed her out for it more than once. The types she's abusing would cause the leg swelling as they're very hard on the kidneys. When she failed her tox screen at the hospital it told their staff as well as us that that is the reason for the swelling. At our shelter she won't be buying OTC medications, as husband and I won't give her the cash to do so. Sad but we can't even trust her to buy cough medications and actually give it to the kids. Up in dayton they were using their food stamp card to buy everything but the kitchen sink.........M was bragging about some store that accepted the foodstamp card like cash. I forget it's name but if he says it again I'll be turning them in to welfare. As I said before, here the shelter locks up their food stamp card and won't let them near it until they leave to force them to save for stocking a home with groceries once they get it. They won't be using it for cash or even food while they're in our shelter. I've noticed a pattern to the headaches. When they have no money is when they appear and won't go away. Not stress. Withdrawl from the OTC medications she can no longer buy. (and lord knows if anything else) This shelter has them "moving" within 24 hrs to get to job services, welfare, and around town to apply for jobs. I've talked to staff there enough to know they don't play games. Katie pulled a big no no in going to the ER during this first 24 hrs. She wanted medications, but also didn't want to have to go do all those other things the shelter requires. Shelter staff is also experienced enough to know if she goes back and tells them the ER docs did nothing that she was pegged as a drug seeker. If she pulls it again.......or does one of her fake seizures (at this point I think she's faking them as I've as yet to see a single one) they're likely to be tossed out on their fannies. At our shelter they're expected to work the program or get out. No games. No excuses. It's a strict place for a shelter........hence the phone and in person interviews. [/QUOTE]
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