Day 414 - Speech Appointment with Passy Muir Valve
Thursday, February 17th, 2022 We had a speech appointment this morning at the hospital. When we arrived we had another oxygen tank mishap. This time with a different nurse. Essentially she didn't do all the steps to turn the oxygen tank on when we loaded the car. Mind you, we've been going to appointments for 5 months. Not only that but this is some basic nursing shit! Isn't the nurse's duty to protect the patient's safety, to do no harm?! So for the entire drive to the hospital and James wasn't getting any oxygen. Mom found this out when she was placing the tank in the stroller, unloading the car and saw it was still set at zero. Mom let the nurse know she never turned it on. No apology, she didn't even respond. 😑 Mom is so over it! Thank the Lord James is on a low flow and is stable. So the purpose of the appointment was for James to be able to use his Passy Muir Valve. Unfortunately since there are so many different kinds of PMVs the therapist did not kn...