HICKORY – The city of Hickory’s Sails Original Music Series continues with Reedy River String Band on Friday, May 24. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. on Union Square
she was holding it. saying my head s hurting. my head s hurting. the mccrackens rush morgan to the emergency room. we couldn t get to the hospital fast enough. i carried her in. she was too lethargic to walk. a doctor says don t worry. i m sure it s late, she s tired, she probably has a touch of the flu. a gut feeling tells these parents the doctor has morgan s diagnosis wrong. this wasn t our morgan. she s had the flu before. this wasn t how she acted. they ask for a ct scan of her head, but the doctor won t listen. what is the consequence of a doctor not listening to you? they re failing to hear the first manifestation of a life-threatening illness, and they re failing to register and therefore look on your body for the first clues of that and begin to order the right tests. after hours of begging the doctor finally does listen and orders the ct scan. here s what he missed. a blood clot inside morgan s skull.
morgan mccracken gets socked in the head with a baseball. mom and dad ice the bump down. the 7-year-old seems fine. until two nights later, when she cries out for help. mom, mom, my head. it s hurting. she was holding it. saying my head s hurting. my head s hurting. the mccrackens rush morgan to the emergency room. we couldn t get to the hospital fast enough. i carried her in. she was too lethargic to walk. a doctor says don t worry. i m sure it s late, she s tired, she probably has a touch of the flu. a gut feeling tells these parents the doctor has morgan s diagnosis wrong. this wasn t our morgan. she s had the flu before. this wasn t how she acted. they ask for a ct scan of her head, but the doctor won t listen. what is the consequence of a doctor not listening to you? they re failing to hear the first manifestation of a life-threatening illness, and they re failing to register and therefore look on your body for
while there s no national figure, you should know a report looking at just one hospital s icu finds improperliry removed central lines cause ten air embolisms a year. if you have a central line in you, ask how you should be positioned when the line comes out. at number 12, misdiagnosed. morgan mccracken gets socked in the head with a baseball. mom and dad ice the bump down. the 7-year-old seems fine. until two nights later, when she cries out for help. mom, mom, my head. it s hurting. she was holding it. saying my head s hurting. my head s hurting. the mccrackens rush morgan to the emergency room. we couldn t get to the hospital fast enough. i carried her in. she was too lethargic to walk. a doctor says don t worry. i m sure it s late, she s tired, she probably has a touch of the flu. a gut feeling tells these
mom and dad ice the bump down. the 7-year-old seems fine. until two nights later, when she cries out for help. mom, mom, my head. it s hurting. she was holding it. saying my head s hurting. my head s hurting. the mccrackens rush morgan to the emergency room. we couldn t get to the hospital fast enough. i carried her in. she was too lethargic to walk. a doctor says don t worry. i m sure it s late, she s tired, she probably has a touch of the flu. a gut feeling tells these parents the doctor has morgan s diagnosis wrong. this wasn t our morgan. she s had the flu before. this wasn t how she acted. they ask for a ct scan of her head, but the doctor won t listen. what is the consequence of a doctor not listening to you? they re failing to hear the first manifestation of a life-threatening illness, and they re failing to register and therefore look on your body for the first clues of that and begin to order the right tests. after hours of begging the doctor finally