Progressive Politics

My mother is currently on her deathbed. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in late 2022 and fought incredibly hard for the last three and a half years. She has been at Banner Health since March 13th, and the experience has been absolutely horrendous.

She initially went in for a tonsillar abscess, which eventually cleared up. However, shortly after, she began experiencing hallucinations, including seeing deceased dogs from over 10 years ago. I had to insist on a contrast-enhanced MRI, and it came back showing multiple tumors in her brain, indicating metastasized cancer.

What makes my blood boil even more on this end is that the main neurosurgeon who was my Mom's doctor in the hospital was basically trying to reaffirm the entire family that there was no brain swelling or anything. She's getting better. Yet if you went to her bedside and tried having a conversation with her, you could clearly tell something was wrong. If my family and I had not pushed for that contrast at MRI we would still be at Square One not knowing what is wrong.

I was thinking to myself last night. It's almost like how bad the quality of the service has been there. It's almost like they've given up on her and basically just want her to die so they can get on to the next patient. It disgusts me to think that maybe their attitude.