In
looking over my medical records and comparing them, I’ve noticed
that the Urine sample to confirm the suspicion of pre-eclampsia was
ordered on October 22, 2012. According to Blessing Hospital, I was
admitted to the Emergency room on October 23, 2012 where I took a
Urine sample and my blood pressure was at a calm 132 over 74 and I
was within my weight limit at 38 weeks of 184lbs. I was confirmed to
have a Urinary Tract Infection where I was treated and then
discharged on on October 24, 2012 (meaning I checked in later at
night).
From the information
gathered from Blessing’s Records my total labor lasted 23hours,
being that I was instructed to be induced as soon as I walked into
SIU, I estimate it was the afternoon of the 24th that I
was induced.
The claim was made
that I gave half the sample but the test came back with twice the
protein. Seeing this information doesn’t surprise me, considering I
had a full blown tract infection at >100,000 CMF/ML of bacteria at
the time that I gave the sample. The fact that the results came back
with protein levels at 810 at 974ml Tract infections are also known
to cause elevations in blood pressure in pregnancies, I hadn’t even
taken a full 24hr dosage of anti-biotics before their first decision
was to induce. They based that test off a corrupted sample. All the
bacteria from the infection was put into that cup confirming
“pre-eclampsia”. This may seem like an association with the
pre-eclampsia, however, I’m afraid that Tract infections are a
common place thing for me. Particularly after sexual relations and
have nothing to actually do with circulatory system being messed up,
but more of a matter of bacterial infection. So the pattern of UTIs
didn’t change during pregnancy but people’s interpretation of
their meaning obviously did.
I don’t think I
was induced under the right circumstances and I think our son paid
the price for a quick decision that was based on a corrupted sample.
Any other Doctor would have waited at least 24 hours for anti-biotics
to take a clean sample to make sure no bacteria, or considerably less
bacteria, contaminated the sample and in that time they could have
kept me in the hospital just in case.
-Cora Newbold