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What a horror story. Isn't removal of healthy organs without proper assessment simply, patently wrong? How about administering meds that have been contraindicated? Knowing more about PD patients seems like the least of their educational needs. In your client's place, I would be gearing up for a lawsuit...nursing homes are expensive, the value of lost functioning is incalculably huge, and your client should have a hedge against the expense of dialysis down the road if the remaining kidney fails. Kathleen 2009/11/3 Duggan, Meg <[log in to unmask]> > Hi All - I have a client who's husband had a tumor on his kidney. The > urologist removed the entire kidney without even doing a needle biopsy - > tumor turned out to be benign. During the course of this, they gave him > seroquel, against the advice of his neurologist, and he became > extraordinarily violent. Following that, they gave him two big loads of > lorazapam to quiet him, and he wound up "sleeping" for 4 days. Since > this experience, he is in a nursing home, unable to regain any of his > former independence. > > > > Does anyone have any source material recommending against removing > kidneys without doing biopsy when there are underlying medical issues? I > found a short video on the Mayo website, they advise against it. Seems > like common sense to me, but in medicine as in law and politics, common > sense doesn't always seem to have a place!! > > > > These people aren't gearing up for a lawsuit - they want an > acknowledgement that the urologist was hasty and misinformed, and they > want the hospital where this was done to have PD training for staff... > > > > Meg Duggan > > Executive Director > > Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland > > 8900 State Line Road Ste 320 > > Leawood, KS 66206 > > Ph: 913-341-8828 > > Fax: 913-341-8885 > > www.parkinsonheartland.org <http://www.parkinsonheartland.org> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn