Thursday, July 8, 2021

Mikey's Birthday


Today is My Son's Birthday

Today would be my son’s birthday.  If he were alive, I’m guessing we would celebrate in some way.  Truthfully, I don’t miss him anymore and I’m not ashamed to admit that.  I’m happy with my life.  I have two perfect sons.  Michael’s life, and death has given me a bigger cause, so I think of him every day.

How many people do we know who have said that the doctor made a mistake, a loved one died from a preventable medical error, they have suffered their life with the aftereffects of a hospital acquired infection?

Yet still, there is no education for the general public about safe patient care.  Books continue to come out on safe patient care from medical professionals or injured people which is where we are expected to be educated.  Is the public reading academic research on safe patient care?  The public needs to be more responsible but we won’t take that seriously until one day you too are saying, it happened to me.  Truth is, I don’t belong to a cancer group or march to stop gun violence.  It hasn’t affected me or my family.  Medical error did.  Michael died following his surgery because of the doctor’s mistake.

Imagine a campaign for all people to be more responsible for their own safety.  As we buckle up on an airplane, we know to stop at a red light, we learn early to stop, drop, and roll if we catch on fire.  Why not have 5 Steps to Safer Health Care for your family to follow, for your employees to do, for your faith community to help each other?

We do!   www.TakeCHARGE.care  In memory and in honor of all those who wish they knew that they too could have done more, saved a loved one or spoke up.

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