**finally home.... What a 5 days... Of sheer hell**

[purpleish]

Really glad things worked out and you and your family were able to stay so strong through all this... *hugs tight*
Purple
x

 

[Perdita]

I can see you've had a hellish time and thank God you got some better advice - doesn't bear thinking about if you'd stayed in blackpool!
Medicine is as much art as science and I'd be more concerned about making them investigate it and make some changes including new rules about training and record keeping! I know this is going to be a really unpopular thing to say but please don't sue the NHS!!! Getting money will not make it better though seeing better care on offer will be more of a comfort so other people don't go through the same. Taking money from the service just means more cuts, less staff, less care and also makes doctors scared about taking on high risk cases like yours. There are very few private midwives out there because they can't afford the insurance premiums and even though I work in private health care and in an area making it unlikely I'd be sued I have indemnity insurance through the nursing union - the compensation culture has gone crazy with people more concerned about getting money than making a difference. Sorry if that offends but I do feel stringly that these things need to be in the open and learned from, not a way for solicitors to make money. You've had a number of premature births though and I'm suprised you haven't had a cervical stitch to help prevent it opening if that's the main problem! Though maybe that's being offered later??

 

[twiggy56]

hun your story has brought me to tears...i just want to say im in awe of your courage and your strength, you really are an amazing mummy. I cant comprehend how angry you must be towards blackpool hospital, you make sure they pay for this, as it could have been your beautiful baby boy who paid the price instead, its unbearable to even think about.

Im so glad to hear the good news however and i hope you and max get your happy ending together, im hoping and wishing for you both...

xxx

 

[motherlove]

hugs hugs hugs god bless

 

[Zarababy1]

Im sooo soo Happy everythings looking good at the moment! Its so much like amys story it really scares me! Im honestly routing for you and max Im glad you've found better care And i really hope Max can hold on untill Harrys ready too come out and play too!!

 

[topazicatzbet]

so glad your home now, what a nightmare, i hope your going to put a complaint in to blackpool.

 

[Barneyboo]

I am glad you went with your gut feeling and got a 2nd opinion, take care and it sounds like little Max is a fighter x x x x

 

[Lullaby2010]

So relieved that you and Max are okay, I was in tears reading your updates before, my heart and thoughts have been full of you both. Can't tell you how happy I am that you are finally getting the care you need and deserve. My very best wishes to you hon xxxxx

 

[2bananas]

I cant tell you how pleased I am for you!! So glad you are home and everything is looking good!!!!

What a little star you have in your tum!

x

 

[MoonMuffin]

Yay! SO glad everything is ok

 

[sun]

SOOOOO glad to hear Max is still safe and sound.
xx

 

[LoobyLou75]

I am so happy for you. So glad you left the hospital and went for a 2nd opinion. What a complete bunch of tossers! You get a complaint put in, hun.

Glad you both are doing ok. xx

 

[Early_Bump]

I can see you've had a hellish time and thank God you got some better advice - doesn't bear thinking about if you'd stayed in blackpool!
Medicine is as much art as science and I'd be more concerned about making them investigate it and make some changes including new rules about training and record keeping! I know this is going to be a really unpopular thing to say but please don't sue the NHS!!! Getting money will not make it better though seeing better care on offer will be more of a comfort so other people don't go through the same. Taking money from the service just means more cuts, less staff, less care and also makes doctors scared about taking on high risk cases like yours. There are very few private midwives out there because they can't afford the insurance premiums and even though I work in private health care and in an area making it unlikely I'd be sued I have indemnity insurance through the nursing union - the compensation culture has gone crazy with people more concerned about getting money than making a difference. Sorry if that offends but I do feel stringly that these things need to be in the open and learned from, not a way for solicitors to make money. You've had a number of premature births though and I'm suprised you haven't had a cervical stitch to help prevent it opening if that's the main problem! Though maybe that's being offered later??

Ok well firstly your entitled just like everyone else to an opinion, 2nd the money u get when u sue actually comes from thie insurance not directly from the trust budget althou i do know thier premium will go up, i have a friend that worked in balckpool vic for a few years in their claims department so i know i little more than i should. I also know that for this hospital the maternity payouts are the highest ones as thier is so meny.

I could of sued along time ago theirs been mistake made befroe but ive left it, but this was the final straw for me everyone has a line and they crossed mine big time. So its sad the culture we live in but sometimes its only when u do sue hosptial that it hits them where it hurts and then the do make radical changes and learn from it.

Obviously i wouldnt want anyone else to go throught this but at the same time this is ME AND MY STORY and they need to be held accountable for what they have done. thiers are very deep concerns over their practices their and i want it changed but i also want someone to exceot they dont wrong TO ME....

So im guessing u can see i will be suing infact ive already started the ball rolling and have contacted 2 different solictors about it. Its very easy for you to say dont sue them... but ihave had 7 premmies and 2 of them have died and the last one ella she died down to neglaigance but i didnt have the strength to fight it at the time... and lily my last born little girl had meningitis and severe sepsis bcos i didnt recieve anitbitoics for group strep b whilst in labour even thou thier was a lab report in from the day she was born showing 'PROFUSE GROWTH OF GROUP STREP B' Lily was left severely brain damaged bcos of that, i was in itu u for 3 days.

Tj my son who is now 4 is severely disbaled, not that thier was fault in the pregnancy care but tj lost a finger due to a jr doctor trying to canulate to many times in one site.

Need i go on...

As for a stitch... it would appear at the moment it can be treated with medication which clearly id much rather have im very excited and happy about going to manchester as i know im in good hands very sad that thou that u feel unsafe in your own hospital. ;(.

 

[MUMOF5]

I can see you've had a hellish time and thank God you got some better advice - doesn't bear thinking about if you'd stayed in blackpool!
Medicine is as much art as science and I'd be more concerned about making them investigate it and make some changes including new rules about training and record keeping! I know this is going to be a really unpopular thing to say but please don't sue the NHS!!! Getting money will not make it better though seeing better care on offer will be more of a comfort so other people don't go through the same. Taking money from the service just means more cuts, less staff, less care and also makes doctors scared about taking on high risk cases like yours. There are very few private midwives out there because they can't afford the insurance premiums and even though I work in private health care and in an area making it unlikely I'd be sued I have indemnity insurance through the nursing union - the compensation culture has gone crazy with people more concerned about getting money than making a difference. Sorry if that offends but I do feel stringly that these things need to be in the open and learned from, not a way for solicitors to make money. You've had a number of premature births though and I'm suprised you haven't had a cervical stitch to help prevent it opening if that's the main problem! Though maybe that's being offered later??

Ok well firstly your entitled just like everyone else to an opinion, 2nd the money u get when u sue actually comes from thie insurance not directly from the trust budget althou i do know thier premium will go up, i have a friend that worked in balckpool vic for a few years in their claims department so i know i little more than i should. I also know that for this hospital the maternity payouts are the highest ones as thier is so meny.

I could of sued along time ago theirs been mistake made befroe but ive left it, but this was the final straw for me everyone has a line and they crossed mine big time. So its sad the culture we live in but sometimes its only when u do sue hosptial that it hits them where it hurts and then the do make radical changes and learn from it.

Obviously i wouldnt want anyone else to go throught this but at the same time this is ME AND MY STORY and they need to be held accountable for what they have done. thiers are very deep concerns over their practices their and i want it changed but i also want someone to exceot they dont wrong TO ME....

So im guessing u can see i will be suing infact ive already started the ball rolling and have contacted 2 different solictors about it. Its very easy for you to say dont sue them... but ihave had 7 premmies and 2 of them have died and the last one ella she died down to neglaigance but i didnt have the strength to fight it at the time... and lily my last born little girl had meningitis and severe sepsis bcos i didnt recieve anitbitoics for group strep b whilst in labour even thou thier was a lab report in from the day she was born showing 'PROFUSE GROWTH OF GROUP STREP B' Lily was left severely brain damaged bcos of that, i was in itu u for 3 days.

Tj my son who is now 4 is severely disbaled, not that thier was fault in the pregnancy care but tj lost a finger due to a jr doctor trying to canulate to many times in one site.

Need i go on...

As for a stitch... it would appear at the moment it can be treated with medication which clearly id much rather have im very excited and happy about going to manchester as i know im in good hands very sad that thou that u feel unsafe in your own hospital. ;(.

Completely agree with you EarlyBump, if these neglegence issues werent raised and made public then more and more people would suffer as a result of 'mistakes' made. I wonder if those who dont agree with you would have the same attitude if it had happened to them or their baby, or they had lost a child or their child had been severely disabled as a result! xx

 

[starbucks101]

God Early bump what an awful time you've been through at that hospital! Definatly sue them, i'd let the local media know too... Its the only way the hospital will get a shake up.


So sorry that you've been through all this & i hope you & max are safe and well untill he's ready to arrive now. xx

 

[jomomma]

Goodness, EarlyBump, I'm absolutely horrified at what you have been through. It's appalling.

Hang in there, little Max and bring your mum some joy by arriving healthy and happy down the track.

Sending you all the best vibes ...

 

[Mumof42009]

Im so glad you are both ok hun and little Max can hang in there. You are so brave what youve been through and i agree something needs to be done about how the hospital treated you and your little angels, i hope you now receive the care you deserve. Im under a consultant now who specialises in premature births and shes amazing xx

 

[abbysbaby]

so glad u and max are ok! xx

 

[geekone]

Glad your back home, take it easy.

 

[becky77]

Im so pleased you got a second opinion , how can a hospital get it so wrong , you should make them pay big time for the hell they have put you through . so pleased your being looked after now, take care of yourself and take it easy xx