my son has a kidney disease and just had a transplant in december.but in july of 2004 i asked that no research be done on him and the doctors continued anyway.i took him to the hospital for an infusion and the wanted to admit him but could not give me a reason why,so i signed him out of the hospital and took him to a hospital in atlanta that had a nephrologist on call.three days later dhr was at my door and took him due to medical neglect.i thought i had the right to sign him out if i was not satisfied with the care he was recieving.it has been a year and four months since then and he is still in foster care.what can i do?
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Please don't quote me, as I'm not a lawyer, but just giving general advice based on what I have learned.\n\nWhile you do have the right to seek medical care for your son that is satisfactory to you, your son's health comes before your satisfaction as far as the state is concerned. It is possible that the doctors at the hospital that you signed him out of assumed that you hadn't taken him elsewhere for treatment, and instead just decided to forgo treatment, in which case they would have called the state with a complaint of neglect. That to me seems the most likely possibility. It is also possible that the state decided that wherever you took your son wasn't giving him a quality level of treatment.\n\nThe best thing you can do is to consult with a lawyer if you haven't already. There are many lawyers who won't charge you unless they take the case and go to court, and some still that will only charge you if you win your case. If you can't find a lawyer who will help you, ask one for a reference to someone who can. \n\nI wish you the best of luck, and hope you get this issue resolved.
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If i were you I would call the hospital and talk to someone in patient accounts. i had a friend who was told they had a brain anurism (sp?) and they shipped him to another hospital etc etc and racked up alot of bills and the wife called and ended up they didnt have to pay it. Chances are you will have to pay for the first one though, it was part of your treatment.
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My Bro in law had a transplant 3 years ago (Heart). He worked thru the hospital and sent a letter anonymously to the donor family and eventually they agreed to meet with him. Your husband should be able to work out something similar with the hospital that harvested the organs
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He is an adult, so unless you can prove (in a court of law) that he is mentally incompetant, you cannot force him to do anything against his will. Even if you could put him in a treatment center, it wouldn't do any good if he didn't really want to get better. Sometimes, as hard as it is to do, you just have to let them hit rock bottom. That is when  they will ask for help....then you move heaven and earth to get them the help they need.
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I'm an pediatrics resident in New Orleans. I worked during and for 3 days after the hurricane at Children's hospital.  Our program is back up and running, and I've been working @ Children's since it reopened on Oct 10th.\n\nI have never heard of this cold shoulder - it sounds rediculous.  I have only received praises for what was actually a part of my duties.  It was a learning experience that I will never forget.
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Try using your health insurance.  call the number on the back of the card, or use the provider directory.  also, are you sure you're spelling his first name right?  Garome?  Or Jerome?
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You definitely need to contact somebody... Try starting with your local DVACK shelter... DVACK is for domestic violence... Tell them that you are scared for yourself and your child and get a protection from abuse order, he won't beable to come near you or the baby, and you can get your court proceedings started from there. you definitely need to talk to your local SRS office and tell them you want to start the custody to make sure you have residential custody, because if you don't, he has every right to that child just like you do.  He will beable to take her and there is nothing you can do to get that child back until you go through court and ask for visitation. That can take months to do, if he gets the child before you start the proceedings,and no child should go months let alone days without seeing their mother. If you hurry and do that, if he does take the baby, they could then issue an Amber Alert and put his butt in jail! Good luck, but act FAST, seriously!!!!!!!
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Ya, you can just get the test done by your doctor, or the local hospital lap for sure with a doctor's order, good luck keeping what is going on from your son.  And if you are wrong, oh boy are you going to regret this.  If you are right, I'm sorry for ya and good luck.
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What state do you live in?  Depending on its laws, you can do a whole lot ... including freezing his driver's license, hunting license, any business licenses, etc.  Call your state senator or representative ... make a lot of noise!!!  You are the one that's owed money, and you shouldn't have to pay big bucks to get your money (lawyers). There are plenty of free services out there. Also, if you're on disability, the government should be going after him anyway. If you get any other services like food stamps, or medicaid for your child, those organizations should be going after him too. If you're not on any of these programs, try applying for them. They'll ask you about the absent parent, and then take it from there. \n\nBut like I said, Make LOTS OF NOISE !!  Call his employer, his momma, his priest, the local newspaper. Act like a crazy person if you have to. Your child's welfare is worth it!!!
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Is there anybody else in the family that could be a match? That's always a good place to look first. You have my prayers too hun. Try to find friends who may be a match too. Keep searching dear, you're right, God has a plan for you, and believe it's a new kidney. Good luck on your search
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Get a lawyer - it's your only hope.  And why did you send your child away?  And it's up to his guardians (father and step-mom) to decide who best to be able to contact the child.  Did you do something to upset them this much?  Or to the child?  Seems to me like there's info here that's missing.  If it's due to you not being able to afford to keep him home, you should have tried harder.  I have 2 children, and never would I ever consider sending them away, to their father's or anywhere else in this world.  I have worked 2 jobs for 10 years to make a life for them, and I spend as much time with them as possible.
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Instead of wasting your time here asking for opinions from anyone with a computer, GO TO THE DR.. What are you waiting for.....My 3 year old son died, what should I do? Go to the emergency room NOW! Or, you could wait for a while and see if anyone agrees with you to do nothing.\n\nYes, I guess you should have mentioned you spoke with a DR.. You say it the test was negative. Tested for what? Blood? Did you feed your son beets?
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My understanding is that they will have a full and active life barring any problems with rejection and reactions to the anti rejection medications. It is alot better then the alternative which is being connected to a dialysis machine his whole life. Much more traumatic than the other. I happen to know that 2 girls have full lives and are much healtier and happier due to their transplants courtesy of my daughter and our gift of life to them. Their lives have changed in so many ways. One is going to college which she never thought she'd be able to and the little one can play and eat ice cream and do alot of things she couldn't before she got the life and I say LIFE changing transplant. Hope all goes well. It is truly a miracle the whole process, but it does come at a high price. Just know that the donor family waits for the dear letters from the recipients. It is a good thing to write to them and means sooo much. Let the family know that it is appreciated and that they are doing good. We prayed for the families that received our daughters organs.  In our experience it was the one thing that was good out of all the terrible things we went through. To be able to take away the pain of other families was a comfort to us. Especially when we knew that we were going to loose her.
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Your son did good by leaving and should counter file against her for filing false police report. Also if there were any adult witness in the facility it would be best for him to get statements form them to take with him that he was the bigger person and left.
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The best thing you could do in a situation like that is to report it to the one in charge of management in the hospital. I'm sure thy would love to know who they hired on. You may save someone's life in the process. You never know?  Let me know what happens. God bless.  :) Oh, and my niece had a problem with her lung collapsing and they gave her oxygen pressurized into her lungs every so often to open the lung back up. Only because she couldn't do the regular breathing treatments.
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My transplant was at Washington Hospital Center, in Washington D.C., May 15th 1999 (my 7 year anniversary is around the corner). I had ALOT of medications after the surgery, but my nurses and my doctor helped me to learn when and how to take all of them. I was released from the hospital on a Sat. and had to report back to my surgeon's office for a post check up on Monday morning. The schedule of your doctor's appointments is busy, but the good thing is that some of your meds will be reduced and some will even be stopped all together. \n\nAs Far as "life" after my transplant, it was great. I felt so much better and I was able to do things that I couldn't do because of dialysis or the effects of dialysis. I hope this helps and if you are going to have a transplant I wish you the best. Just remember that it is waaaaaaaaaay better then dialysis. :)
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Go to Miami Children's Hospital for your child with hematuria:\n\nNephrologists at Miami Children's Hospital - Miami, FL\n\nFelix Ramirez-Seijas, M.D. \n3200 SW 60 Court #304\nmiami,FL 331355-3009\nPhone: 305-662-8352\nFax: 305-667-9641\nStatus: Active \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAnselmo Cepero-Akselrad, MD \nMiami Children's Hospital\n3200 SW 60 Court\nSuite 304\nMiami,FL 33155\nPhone: 305-662-8352\nFax: 305-667-9641\nStatus: Active \n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAna L. Paredes, MD \nMiami Children's Hospital\n3200 SW 60 Court\nSuite #304\nMiami,FL 33155-3009\nPhone: 305-662-8352\nFax: 305-667-9641\nStatus: Active