Quote From: esjohnsonOur sixteen year old daughter died last year after getting the flu and then a staph to her lungs. It took less than twenty four hours from the time she saw a pediatrician to the the time sepsis and sectic shock set in. Our lives have been completely devastated. Our story is too long and too painful to tell right now, but thank you for taking the time to get all this information out.
The proplem with any medication is that it has side effects that are not always good. How ever before you go throwing drugs in to the picture you should probably think, how common IS this bleeding problem really. According to the information I found only 3.5% of the people had the bleeding problems and nearly the same with those with out it. I think the Dr was justified in choosing it.
Was the sepsis caused by MRSA? If so was there a problem that came before that he did not get checked out before the dehydration. People don't get dehydrated and die of sepsis. There is also and infection that came first. The moral of this story, don't wait till your dead to get your self checked out. Hundreds of people come through the ER daily, and many have dehydration. The treatment is to rehydrait and send home with the encouragement to get lots of rest and fluids. Infection can also cause dehydration. If he was out exherting him self it is hard to say this is due to and infection or lack of water. Take it easy I know it is hard to lose a loved one, but it is even harder to carry around the anger that you have. It is also not good to place blame on some one who was doing the best job they could.
