In my opinion it takes quite a bit to make me furious. I don't get angry very often. Sure, I complain here and there and say stuff like, "I'm so mad I could...."
I know it's bad, but sometimes I find complaining cathartic; it lets me vent and get everything off my chest and then I feel better. Sometimes though I don't feel better. Like today.
I've contemplated writing this post all day, and against my better judgement here I am writing it. I'm hoping I feel better when it's all said and done.
Yesterday my grandfather, who is a dialysis patient, had to go to the hospital because he felt like he was having a heart attack. Turns out he just ate too much sodium, which caused fluid to build up around his heart resulting in pressure on his heart.
What I'm so irked about is that the doctor at the hospital was an ignoramus jerk, for lack of a better (or kinder) description. He told my grandfather that he could either die at the hospital or die at home because there was no point doing an angiogram on him because of his age and the condition he was in. He's 85 and obviously was in rough shape at the hospital, but that doesn't mean he's not worth saving or not worth a doctor's efforts. He's actually full of a lot of spunk normally.
Does that doctor not value life? Does he not realize that this man has a lot of family and friends that care about him? Is someone not worth saving or working on as a doctor once they reach a certain age? This doctor obviously didn't realize that my grandfather has helped to provide him the freedoms he enjoys and possibly takes for granted. That he deserved way more respect than he received. That he has the mind of a genius and doesn't need to be treated like a two year old.
I feel like calling that doctor and yelling at him, and trust me when I say that is beyond out of character for me. I'm not sure what I need to do to cool down because that remark from the doctor has been occupying my thoughts all day.
My grandfather went to dialysis this morning and from what I hear he is doing much better. He'll go visit his normal, caring, doctor to see if anything else needs to be done.
Not sure that helped any. Hopefully I can just sleep it off tonight.
5 comments:
Oh goodness, there's nothing like those pregnancy hormones to get you rattled!! With good reason though, it's hard to see someone act so non-chalant about human life.
Glad to know he is feeling better!
What a jerk! That is unbelievable! You have every right to call him up and yell at him.
I didn't know this about Grandfather! Stupid Doctors!!! Hopefully he gets better!!!
Even better you could write the administrators of the hospital a "nice" letter expressing your concern of this doctors attitude towards human life. That would be frustrating. I would totally send a letter.
That really is unacceptable. I hope everything get resolved. So glad he is doing better.
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