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Patient 1
I VISITED (B)(6) 2015 WITH MY DAUGHTER. SHE WAS IN PAIN FROM A PREVIOUS CAR WRECK/MULTIPLE OVARIAN CYSTS. THE STAFF WAS NOTIFIED THAT I AM TYPE I LATEX ALLERGIC AND THAT SHE HAD CONTACT LATEX ALLERGY. WE WERE STILL PUT IN A ROOM CONTAINING LATEX GLOVES. WITHIN MINUTES I WENT INTO ANAPHYLAXIS AND ADMINISTERED EPINEPHRINE. I USED MY RESCUE INHALER AND TOOK 50MG OF BENADRYL IN FRONT OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. NO CHECK WAS PERFORMED. AFTER MY EPI, THE REACTION QUICKLY SUBSIDED FOR A FEW MINUTES. MY DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN TO RADIOLOGY, AND I WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE ROOM. THE REACTION STARTED AGAIN, AND ANOTHER EPIPEN AND 50MGS OF BENADRYL WERE NEEDED. THE EPI PENS WERE LEFT OUT FOR THE DOCTOR IN CASE I BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. THE DOCTOR NEVER ASKED HOW I WAS. HE LOOKED AT THE EPI PENS BUT MADE NO COMMENT. I EMAILED THE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION AND CEO THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WAS TOLD LATEX HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL THE ROOMS. LAST NIGHT, (B)(6) 2015, I WENT BACK TO (B)(6) WITH ANAPHYLAXIS FROM LATEX EXPOSURE (AIRBORNE). I WAS IN ROOM 4, AND REQUIRED 2 EPI PENS, BENADRYL, STEROIDS, AND OXYGEN. THE LONGER I STAYED IN THE ROOM THE WORSE I FELT. MY HUSBAND FOUND A BIN OF LATEX GLOVES ON THE COUNTER. THESE ARE MY MOST RECENT EXPERIENCES AT THIS HOSPITAL, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ALL. EACH TIME I HAVE PRESENTED WITH ANAPHYLAXIS FROM LATEX EXPOSURE I HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ROOMS WITH LATEX. AT THIS PINT I FEEL MY RIGHTS UNDER (B)(4) HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, AND THAT I AM A VICTIM OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE.