calling for justice

[angelove]

my fiance and i had our baby girl in may of this year 2009 at a hospital that denied me an interpretuer for the period of my pregnancy, and even prior to that, beginning in june 2008, we have 3 kids 2 of which i had taken to this hospital prior to my pregnancy and could not explain to the nurses what was wrong with them. when i became pregnant i had a 9month relationship with this hospital begging for an interpretuer, there reply was always the same "well have one next visit". they lied everytime i had a check-up, everytime i had a exam and everytime i seen someone new they talked to me like i could hear them, and was never informed that i was deaf. i never knew any of the test results from any of the exams, i had to go thru my pregenany knowing nothing and could not convey any questions or tell my doctor how i felt, im sorry this very difficult for me. when my fiance was at my side they talked to him as if i wasnt there, i wasnt even a human being, i hated to have to rely on my fiance to tell me what the doctor say and he doesnt even know sign very well only the alphabet, but i had no choice knowing sumthing was better then knowing nothing at all. what happened to patient privacy?, he was only able to come twice he works outta state alot and was our only income besides my SSI, he had to take so much time after the baby came to help me i would never had made it this far without him but inevetably he lost his job fighting with this hospital, on several occasions they asked our 5yr old daughter to interpret for them she is very smart i cried when i found this out, my brother had came down to help me while my fiance was away at work and they asked him the same. i begged to the day i had my baby for an interpretuer, i was having a cecerian birth it had been known since my first pregnancy check-up that this would have to be done even when they made me sighn papers they never explained and carted me to the Opererating room i had no interpretuer i was crying the whole time i ddnt even know my BAby was alive when they took her out of me. only when i got back to my room and my fiance was there did i know anything. i wanted to be able to scream at them and i couldnt, now our baby is 3 months old and has yet to see a pediatrician because the pediatrician is at this hospital and wouldnt see my baby because the hospital wouldnt get me an interpretuer when they discharged me to tell me what i had to do to get her medicaid card and they had her number the whole time, our baby has recently had to go to the emergency room two times and yes there was no interpretuer for me to explain anything, the last visit they told my fiance she had severe acid reflux, my fiance had to give her infant CPR she had stopped breathing and turn blue, were not even sure if thats what really is wrong with her she just stopped breathing and other times its like shes choking but theres nothing in her mouth, im so upset ive sought help and theres been no help so far, i hope i have found help, i pray everyday for my baby that when i wake up she get to enjoy another day. im lucky to have been able to have had them. im lucky to even be alive, during all these visits to this hospital they marked thru the initial screening questions even when i had to go to the emergency room their all marked "patient is deaf" i have a cochlear implant that is internal inside my head which is metal and connected to my brain, my parents gave me this when i was 6 although i have never been able to handle the pain it causes me to use it. bhad they, at any time given me a catscan or head xray it would have ended my life, and i would not be writing this letter, i had tried to explain this too them over and over, but they dont understand me. God was with me at that hospital, i thank him everyday. if i had only one wish in this world it would be that my children or anyone else never has to endure the things which i have.