I came in here looking for jevity and a dubhoff tube. By the way, we need to discuss your supply management. And I find this girl's foster parent conspiring with DCFS and apparently with you to circumvent the state authority and perform an invasive procedure on a girl who has been a gork most of her life and has no chance of recovery. Did I understand this correctly?
You're overstating it.
Am I?
Yes. She has potentially life-threatening infection. All she needs is a central line and her so-called guardian has never seen her.
Well, I've seen her.
We have an obligation to provide appropriate care. All I'm doing is exercising a safeguard that's built into the system.
You're letting your sympathy for the foster mother override your clinical judgement.
I disagree but thank you for your input.
This girl is not to get a central line.
She's my patient.
Feel free to hydrate her through her g-tube and keep her comfortable.
I already have my second opinion.
I'm the final opinion. I'm not getting in a pissing match with the State Welfare Department.
It's one bureaucrat.
And he is right, it's hopeless and exorbitantly expensive. Stop flogging her. Frankly I've come to expect a higher level of professionalism from you.
I'm supporting what I see is a parental decision. Angie is essentially the woman's daughter.
She's her pet! Look at this girl, what kind of quality of life you think she has?
Robert.
Kerry, I'm serious. No central line.
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