An Important Lesson Learned

I learned an important lesson last night. Doctors and nurses are smart, educated, caring people. But....they cannot and do not see everything. I learned: 

1) I must educate myself. 

2) I must ask questions. 

3) I must not rely on them completely. 

4) I must be an advocate for myself and my loved ones. 

My father has been in Mayo Clinic - one of the most respected hospitals in the country - for 4 days. Yesterday, I found that my father's leg was swollen twice its size. It turns out he had a "very large blood clot" in his leg. He had to have a screen put in his vein immediately. No one else had checked his legs. I hope this experience and the lesson that I learned will help someone else.

Angela