#19 - The New North Star
Scared and confused, Louise is still hopeful, until she is told “It was just a spasm,” by a nurse who once again callously dismisses her observation of her paralyzed son she was intensely watching over. Just a spasm? Did the hospital consider the impact of those words on Archer? You’ll hear about the terror from one of Archer’s rescuers and how it really was on the beach that day. You’ll also hear about a video of strangers who gathered on the beach to pray for Archer. The news of Archer’s traumatic accident was in the newspapers. But Louise learned the hospital had issued a statement that her family did not wish to be contacted. Why did they say that without asking them? It seemed the hospital was making this traumatic injury worse. As a mom, she was facing more barriers to get simple medical information on her son. Did the staff drug Archer? Why didn’t anyone seek her consent? Where was the policy written to allow his mother to know everything about his care, his tests, the drugs they had going into his body, and why. As the intensity was wearing on her family, Louise shares her views about the real patient experience and what a healing mission might look like for hospitals. Is this the way hospitals are searching for to increase patient satisfaction? Join her as she opens an exploration of hospital policies and norms and how to change those that might actually create greater suffering and increase trauma for patients and for staff too. Could there be a new approach?
Join Louise for this episode of Blink of an Eye: Episode 17 The New North Star August 7. DAY 3.
In this episode, you will hear interview excerpts from
Harry Back, who was the Assistant Manager at the Beach Club in Cape May at the time of Archer’s accident, responsible for his rescue off the beach, and today is the City of Cape May Supervisor of Beaches in charge of the Cape May Beach Patrol.
and
Mabeth Hudson who was a long time Cape May cottager and Beach Club member at the time of Archer’s accident, and is the Founder of Well for the Journey in Baltimore. She was at the Beach Club around the time of Archer’s accident.
#hopeforeverything #obtaineverything
This episode was sponsored by the Desatnick Foundation. You can find more information about their work at https://desatnickfoundation.org/.
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#210 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: The New North Star
#209 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: In the Foxhole
#208 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: You Gotta Go Through it
#207 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: What Not to Say
#206 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Some Things Stay The Same
#205 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Holding it Together
#204 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: What to Say
#203 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Pray for Archer
#202 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Archer's Tree Weeps Too: She Knows
#201 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth
#200 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Prayer Warriors Unite!
#199 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: The Family Meeting
#198 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: Tunnel Vision
#197 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: He Talked with God
#196 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: The Woulda, Coulda, Shouda's
#195 Revisiting The Blink of an Eye Story: The Call
#194 Season Finale: NervGen with Meghan Morrow
#193 Healing through Connection with Dr. Emery Ayers-Greenidge
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