OK, several foul ups at the hospital. We had NOT misinterpreted what the team of 6 cardios said. Even the floor doctor was surprised to see Lance still there today, as he had interpreted what they said just as we had the day before. He looked into it for us. The team of 6 cardiologists said they DO think it's an Amiorodorone side effect and are going to drop that med until he can see his regular cardiologist. They did want two tests done outpatient before he saw his personal cardo in a couple weeks, and they were going to set up that earlier appt. for us. They had NOT ordered up an angiogram for him today (wonder what patient on the floor GOT their breakfast and therefore missed their angiogram today??).
I'll bet what really happened is the proper person left for the day & failed to submit discharge papers/orders to the floor nurse. At 6pm, when they still had no discharge orders, I just had to get home as my pup had been "holding it" for 8 hours and although flawlesly house-trained, that's pretty much her outside limit on holding urine. Her little bladder is about the size of a thimble.
I also though that for insurance claims filings, doctors really have to justify every day they keep you over in a hospital, so with no tests ordered, for insurance to pay, they then tried to arrange the stress test for in-patient at 1pm (last night they had said he could do that out-pt) so the extra day in the hospital would be coverable by insurance.
I've worked in hospitals, with private doctors, with insurance claims filing, and I also know when one person leaves for the day without tying up their day's loose ends and following up on hanging phone calls they should return, it can really start a chain reaction of obfuscation, nobody owning up to anything and very unhappy people downstream. I'm not buying any of this.
The female/ lead cardio in the room late yesterday with the team doing most of the talking came in today to talk to Lance and said she thought "your wife" wasn't pleased with their conclusion so they ordered up an angiogram and stress test and it was too late last night to schedule them before today. WTH? I guess she thought we'd buy all that. Man, I was just sitting in the corner of the room the whole time and didn't utter a word when they told us what they thought was going on. They just need to own this f-up and say what happened. They know. There are mistakes and internal communications failures, but admit it and don't try to dream up such a cockamamie excuse. Grrrrrr.
Anyway, Lance may or may not have a stress test at 1pm and he may of may not get to come home today. Who knows? :{