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
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