| After he was checked into the nursery we stopped by GS� room. She was with the social worker, Tricia. So, we left to got get some lunch and ran into my aunt in the hall. We all went to the caf� for some lunch. When we went back up I checked in on GS and we were able to talk some. It was nice and a relief. I went back out to the waiting room where my mom, aunt and daughter were waiting to see GS and told them it was okay to go in. From here it is a blur. GS� attorney came in at one point. We went to the nursery with Connie (GS� attorney). Then back to GS� room and her mom and her two daughters came to visit; this was around 3:30. GS, her mom, her two daughters, my DH, my daughter and I went to the nursery. We all took turns visiting Mitchell. While in there Tricia, the social worker came to us and said she needed to talk to us about something. I asked about my husband joining us. We went into one of the family nursing rooms and Tricia told us that GS� drug screen came back completely clean. She apologized for the mishap. Unbelievable! We left the nursery, returned to GS� room, where her DH, my mom and my aunt were still waiting. We told them about the results. Big Surprise to us all!!! We decided that the nurse that had cornered GS* should be the one to apologize, not the social worker. What a cop out for the nurse. How could she get off treating people like that and never herself have to face the people she falsely accused?! She and the nursery nurse almost ruined what we had worked on for two years, our friendship, and love and most importantly at this time, trust. I went back to the nursery and told Tricia one thing that would help make this right is if Lisa, the nurse apologized herself to GS. At this point GS did not know all the things Darren and I had been told or warned about in the nursery. This night was exhausting. I would like a do-over from the point of DH, my mom and I leaving the room for GS to get her epidural until 4:00 in the afternoon. I feel many of the people involved in Mitchell�s birth from the medical standpoint had complete disregard for other people�s feelings. The basically performed a witch hunt on GS. It is very hard to get over this experience. I will never be able to tell Mitchell the �wonderful� story of the night he was born. I so wanted this to help me heal from my daughter�s traumatic birth. GS has said she wanted that for us also. I kept commenting during the pregnancy how amazing it was to experience a �normal� pregnancy. In just the few short hours involving the hospital staff they tested this journey and our relationship. This was the only �test� during our relationship. We have our son Mitchell. He is beautiful. We love GS and her family even more than before. And I hope the clich� of what comes around goes around is true and these people at Kaiser will get their day. We trusted them. We were fools. *This nurse that had DH, my mom and I leave so GS could �get her epidural� actually as soon as we left the room told GS she needed her to got to the bathroom to void. While in the restroom, just the two of them the nurse told GS she had failed her drug screen and questioned her if there was something she needed to tell her. She also told GS that we would find out what she had done to our baby so, she better tell her what she had taken. ** (Footnote) My DH and I were never actually told why Mitchell had problems at birth. It was implied and actually my attorney or GS� is the one that actually said that from what they had found out in talking to hospital staff was his problems stemmed from such a fast labor and delivery. The midwife, if I remember correctly said this �could� be the case when we talked to her in the nursery but no one from Kaiser actually stated to my DH and I that this was the case. GS was told I believe from someone from Kaiser and they actually took a formal complaint from her, we were never asked how we felt. |
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