Here is what I just posted to family members and friends: Hey, everybody, it was another night of total incompetence on the part of these "high risk" doctors. Katie was supposed to be induced last night at 10:00, but when she arrived at Memorial Hospital, there was no record of her being scheduled for induction. The resident (that she saw last week who told her she had a pulmonary embolism!!) asked her why she would want to be induced at 36 weeks and why she did not want to have a C-section. Katie let her know that all of that was discussed with her team of doctors and the decision was made to induce on the 21st, not have the steroid shot for this week, and to report to the hospital at 10:00 for induction.. At 11:30 p.m., the resident said she had spoken to one of Katie's doctors and they said she was to receive the steroid shot, wait 24 hours for a second shot, and then labor would be induced. She was also informed that her "high risk" doctors would only deliver the baby if he was born during the day. If he was born at night, then the OB/GYN doctor on call would do the delivery. They wanted her to sit in a room at the hospital for 24 hours. She told them she wanted to go home and sleep in her own bed. The resident said, "Well, we'll have to take out the IV." Katie said, "I told her 'then take out the IV.'" Katie said that she left an "earful" with the patient advocate who will pass her message on to the doctors. Needless to say, Katie is not happy about any of this. . .and Sadie said it well when I told Jessie, Chase and her what had happened: "You mean we spent the night here for nothing?" Yep, we'll see how it goes tonight.

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