TRANSCRIBED REPORT
Called
parents back--FOB (father of baby) carrying baby, MOB (mother
of baby) carrying bag and car seat. Asked routine questions--normal
pregnancy, yes: Induced or spontaneous. delivery--mom looked
puzzled and looked at FOB--he responded with, "they broke
her H20". Asked if breast-fed or formula-fed. MOB replied
breast and FOB replied formula-then MOB said is given formula
@ times. MOB wasn't sure of name of formula. FOB replied Similac.
FOB
was asking about "red marks" on baby's eyes. MOB
said she contacted the Mary Bridge nurse because MOB has "arthritis"
[sic] and she (MOB) that the eye redness was arthritis ("iritis").
FOB and MOB said baby has been crying a lot and maybe the
eyes (then FOB showed me the baby's eyelids that were red
and discolored) could be from the baby crying.
FOB
asked about the blisters on baby chin. I asked what happened.
FOB said they (MOB and FOB and baby) went shopping on Tuesday
12/12/00. Baby started coughing and FOB said the next day
she had the blisters. MOB said she (baby) had the blisters
after they got back from shopping. MOB said she called the
nurse @ Mary Bridge Hospital and told her about the blisters
and the nurse said she has a cold and doesn't need to be seen.
FOB
still holding baby while sitting down on bench. FOB placed
baby against his chest. FOB was wearing a white furry jacket.
Baby's face was against the fur. MOB told FOB to move her
head because MOB was afraid she would inhale some of the fuzzy
jacket. FOB stated if she (the baby) couldn't breath then
she (the baby) would turn her own head.
MOB
started talking about the baby being hospitalized for one
week because the baby stopped breathing. FOB said the doctors
all thought she had some kind of rare blood disease and she
(the baby) had to be "poked" and FOB said "She
had all kinds of shit done to her." FOB said they still
weren't sure what's wrong with her.
Baby
cried every time FOB moved her. I asked if baby usually cries
this much. MOB said yes. I asked even when baby came home
from the hospital? MOB replied "no, she has always cried
and my mother says she has colic. But the cry has been louder
the last 2-3 days." FOB replied that the baby "must
have a cold."
I
asked FOB and MOB to undress the baby down to her diaper so
that I can weigh her, get her length and check her head circumference.
FOB laid baby on table to undress her. Baby screamed piercing
cry. I asked MOB if the baby usually cried like that. She
said yes. The MOB & FOB wanted to know if I thought the
baby had colic? I said I would make a note of it and Dr. Clapper
would be able to give them an answer. MOB looked over at the
baby and MOB said to FOB, "you can't hold her like that
because you left a red mark on her face". I looked at
baby's face and there was a small red mark on baby's left
cheek. FOB said he didn't touch her there, but he held
her head still by (then he showed me and MOB) placing his
left thumb on baby's right side of the temporal lobe and placed
his finger to the left side of the baby's temporal lobe. I
did not see any marks. MOB
asked why the baby would get marks so easily? I said that
the baby has sensitive skin and we have to be gentle with
them.
FOB
finished undressing the baby (while the baby cried). The FOB
carried the baby to the scale. I weighed the baby. I told
FOB to take the baby back to the room. He did and laid the
baby on the table. Once the FOB left the baby to still (?).
Baby stopped crying. I picked up the baby so I could turn
her to get her length. She cried. FOB and MOB were standing
next to me. I asked again if she always cries with that high
pitch. MOB replied, "She's just tired and has a cold."
I finished measuring her and told the FOB and MOB to wrap
the baby in a blanket and Doctor Clapper would be in shortly.
I
left the room and told Dr. Clapper that I thought there was
something wrong with the baby because of the high pitch cries
and the frequency of crying.
I
was putting the chart together and MOB came out of the room
by herself and said she was concerned about how little the
baby seemed to be eating. I asked how much does she eat &
MOB replied 1/2 ounce to 1 ounce every hour. I asked when
the baby eats the 1/2 to 1 ounce what does she (the baby)
do? MOB replied, "she falls asleep." I told MOB
that I would let Dr. Clapper know and he would give his advice
to how much he thought the baby should eat. She went back
to the room.
After
putting the paperwork for the baby together I went in their
room to give them the baby's measurements. FOB had the baby
on the table. I looked at the baby and she had what appeared
to me was vasoline on her chin where the blisters were. I
asked the FOB what was on her, he replied "A & D
ointment;" that the nurse @ Mary Bridge told him to apply
the ointment.
Dr.
Clapper asked if I would get an O2Sat on baby. I went in there.
MOB was very upset and crying. FOB was holding baby. I told
them what I was going to do. MOB said she knew about that
from when they went to the hospital for one week. FOB replied
that this was stupid and that there was nothing wrong with
the baby. MOB replied she was extremely tired of last time
she was at the hospital because the nurses @ T6 (Mary Bridge)
kept waking MOB up every two hours to feed the baby. She seemed
to be irritated about this. MOB replied saying Dr. Clapper
is over-reacting and that the baby just has a cold, and there
is nothing wrong with her. FOB seemed to be angry. I asked
if they wanted to talk with Dr. Clapper again, they said no.
After getting the 02SAT-which I told the parents it was100%
MOB said that having the baby go in the ambulance was "freaking"
(her?) out. MOB asked if they could take the baby by their
car. I told them I couldn't override what Dr. Clapper had
said and if they wanted to talk to Dr. Clapper again and MOB
asked ROB who was looking out the window and just shrugged
his shoulders. MOB started crying again and said she would
like to talk to Dr. Clapper.
When
paramedics arrived FOB and MOB stayed seated on the bench.
After the paramedics took her away. MOB was crying. Neither
FOB or MOB went with the baby in the ambulance. FOB and MOB
left after the baby was gone.
