My husband has CKD and underwent a hip replacement in June 2025. We live in South Carolina. After 3 days in ICU because of neglect (not informed of meds to take before surgery, planned a spinal, got general anthegolist wrote down he refused surgeon had down spinal, tested positive for SA, no IV or cater after surgery, surgeon never saw him again after surgery, I finally had to threaten him Sept 2025 to call he did next moring but never told me anything) not one doctor nurse sraff nobody told me nothing. My husband had delium unable to talk for himself, and they knew I was his caregiver; I was down on all papers as the contact person. Does anyone have an answer as to why I look at this as I was not able to care for him probably because I had no information
When my husband had his liver transplant, I had to take training classes on how to care for him afterward.
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When my late husband had a partial hip replacement after falling due to having a seizure, he was kept in the hospital much longer than normal because pain was one of his triggers for having seizures, so they kept him on morphine longer than normal, but I was constantly by his side, and was the one talking to the doctors and nurses as my husband couldn't.
If I had a question I asked them and they were always open and upfront with me, as I too was my husbands sole caregiver, so I'm not understanding why your husband wasn't given proper care while being hospitalized. Were you not there to make sure that he was given the proper care, and make sure that he was receiving the proper medication?
Any time my husband was in the hospital(which was a lot) I would make sure that I was there from about 8:00 in the morning till about 8:00 at night to make sure he was cared for properly as because of a previous stroke he was unable to speak for himself.
Going forward I hope you understand that it's up to you to get the answers you need/want and to not give up until you get them. Doctors are very busy and our loved ones are not their only patients, so we have to take the bull by the horn, and do whatever it takes to get the right answers and make sure that our loved ones are receiving the care they need and deserve.