IN THE BEGINNING

I received an email from a lady in California that wanted to hear this case from the beginning. I will be uploading the video as soon as the investigation is completed.

ON MAY 25, 2007, MY MOTHER RECEIVED AN INJECTION OF THE DRUG PROCRIT AT A DOCTORS OFFICE IN ABILENE, TEXAS. SHE LIVED IN SWEETWATER AT THE TIME AND I DROVE HER TO ABILENE TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
AFTER RECEIVING THE INJECTION, WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK TO SWEETWATER TO HER RESIDENCE.
A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF ABILENE, SHE BECAME VERY ILL WHICH REQUIRED ME TO STOP SEVERAL TIMES.
ONCE WE MADE IT TO HER RESIDENCE, SHE BECAME WORSE AND AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE ROLLING PLAINS HOSPITAL IN SWEETWATER THEN LATER AIRLIFTED TO ABILENE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN ABILENE, TEXAS. SHE WAS PLACED ON THE VENTILATOR AND NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE OVERNIGHT. THE CCU PHYSICIAN WALKED INTO HER ROOM AND TOLD MY SISTER AND I SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIE. THE DOCTOR PICKED OUR MOTHER'S HEAD UP, SHINED A SMALL LIGHT INTO HER EYES AND SAID, "SEE, SHE IS ALREADY GONE." HE THEN LET HER HEAD VIOLENTLY FALL BACK ONTO THE PILLOW. MY FAMILY LEFT THE ROOM AT THIS TIME TO TALK.
AS WE THOUGHT SHE WAS ABOUT TO PASS AWAY AT ANY TIME, WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THE NEXT MORNING THAT HER CONDITION HAD IMPROVED. THIS WAS ON MAY 26TH. THE VENTILATOR WAS ALSO REMOVED LATER THAT DAY OR THE NEXT MORNING. OUR MOTHER EVEN SAID SHE HEARD THE DOCTOR SAY SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
OUR MOTHER'S CARDIOLOGIST ARRIVED THE NEXT DAY AND STATED HE WASN'T SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. WE DISCUSSED THE PROCRIT INJECTION AND HE SAID, "IT MUST HAVE DONE A NUMBER ON HER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T GET ANYMORE OF THAT." HE THEN CLAIMED A PACEMAKER MIGHT KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND SCHEDULED HER TO HAVE ONE PUT IN. BEFORE UNDERGOING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIANS CLEARED HER OF ANY INFECTIONS.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER SHE RECEIVED THE PACEMAKER AND HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO IMPROVE. SHE WAS EVENTUALLY MOVED TO THE FIFTH FLOOR. DURING ALL OF THIS TIME, OUR MOTHER, MY SISTER, AND I MADE SURE THE NURSES AND PHYSICIANS WERE AWARE SHE DID NOT WANT THE PROCRIT DRUG AGAIN. HER CHART WAS CLEARLY MARKED, "NO PROCRIT."
WHILE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR, SHE RECEIVED PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WALKED DAILY. HER APPETITE WAS VERY WELL AND SHE MADE SURE SHE TOLD US EACH DAY THAT SHE HAD EATEN EVERYTHING ON HER PLATE.

THEN, ON JUNE 28TH MY SISTER AND I WERE VISITING AND WERE TOLD BY THE NURSE (NAME WITHHELD AT THIS TIME) THAT OUR MOTHER WAS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE A PROCRIT INJECTION LATER THAT DAY. ???????

OUR MOTHER REMINDED THE NURSE THAT SHE WAS NOT TO RECEIVE PROCRIT AGAIN AS THAT WAS THE REASON SHE WAS THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE NURSE SAID, "THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT. LET ME GO CALL HIM AND SEE IF HE FORGOT." SHE LEFT AND CAME BACK AND SAID, "THE DOCTOR SAID THAT WAS ALRIGHT. SHE WILL NOT GET THE PROCRIT."

THE NEXT DAY WHILE MY SISTER AND I WERE VISITING OUR MOTHER, WE NOTICED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. HER APPETITE WAS ABSENT, HER STOMACH WAS UPSET, AND HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED. OVER THE WEEKEND, IT ONLY GOT WORSE.

ON JULY 2ND, I WAS NOTIFIED AT WORK THAT SHE WAS SENT BACK TO THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. IT WAS AT THIS TIME MY SISTER AND I LEARNED SHE HAD RECEIVED ANOTHER PROCRIT INJECTION A FEW DAYS EARLIER. I ASKED TEH CCU PHYSICIAN WHY SHE HAD RECEIVED THE DRUG AGAIN AND HE RESPONDED BY YELLING IN MY FACE, "GO AHEAD AND HIRE ALL THE GOD DAMN ATTORNEYS AND LAWYERS YOU WANT. IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD." THE SOCIAL WORKER AT THE HOSPITAL WITNESSED THE DOCTORS BEHAVIOR AND ESCORTED US TO ADMINISTRATION. IT DID NO GOOD. WE REQUESTED OUR MOTHER BE TRANSFERRED TO HENDRICK MEDICAL CENTER BUT WERE TOLD THERE ARE POLITICS INVOLVED BETWEEN THE TWO HOSPITALS AND WE WERE DENIED. THE PHYSICIANS WOULD NOT TALK TO US. THE CEO AND STAFF AT ARMC WOULD NOT TALK TO US. TWO OF THE PHYSICIANS COULD ONLY TALK TO US ABOUT LAWSUITS AND WHY IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME TO EVEN CONSIDER IT. WE HAD NEVER MENTIONED LAWSUITS. WE ONLY WANTED QUALITY CARE FOR OUR MOTHER.

SHE EVENTUALLY PASSED AWAY. TO THIS DAY I CANNOT BELIEVE THE BEHAVIOR AND ACTIONS OF ABILENE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS PHYSICIANS.

I HAVE HAD AT LEAST TWO TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR ARMC. HE HAS ADMITTED THE HOSPITAL HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND ALSO STATED HE WOULD SEE TO IT THAT THEY SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH ME TO DISCUSS OUR EXPERIENCE. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. I HAVE AUDIO TAPES OF BOTH CONVERSATIONS WHICH WILL ALSO BE UPLOADED TO THIS WEBSITE SOON.