An ambulance transported mom to the ER on 12/22/21. She went to the hospital for severe dehydration, suspected elevated BP, and suspected stroke symptoms. My father was denied entry with my mother.  Family advocate was not permitted for moms care despite mom being completely incoherent.

As soon as the Covid test was positive, the hospital administered Remdesivir, Dexamethasone, Heparin, Ativan, Fentanyl, and Narcan despite family repeatedly declining any of these meds without consulting with a doctor first over the phone before any medications were given. My mother was not able to consent or understand.

She went from swinging at the doctor and screaming no to a completely vegetative state after getting these drugs. These drugs led to her decline and inappropriate stroke treatment as my mother did not get a TPA injection that may have reversed or stopped the ischemic stroke she suffered. She didn’t get an MRI until the next day as her kidney and heart function was declining.

No nutrition was given for another day or two. She never saw an actual neurologist as requested and only a teleneurologist on an iPad. Doctors continually tried to ventilate her even with oxygen saturation in the 90’s. Doctors did not use appropriate antibiotics or alternative treatments that could have helped.

We were kept in the dark by these doctors and nurses. We were lied to and told we could not visit by a hospice nurse when my dad was talked into signing a DNR, and then the hospice nurse pushed my brother and father into the room for 10 minutes to say goodbye. I never was allowed in because I was told she would be isolated for 21 days. She died alone on 12/29/21 and was denied visitation or any last rites by a priest the entire stay.