Marie, "They called anesthesia to SEDATE HER"  ???  (Yes I am shouting!)  I
have *never* heard of such a thing, unless nurses in that hospital cannot
give their own Valium injections!!!!  There was a LOT more going on here than
you have been told.  Considering that you are one of this mother's care
providers, it is atrocious that you have not been given more information
about this whole situation.  Something is very, very wrong and I think you
just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Since the dust-up
happened after you left, you were a convenient person on whom to pin the
blame but you are NOT the one who should shoulder it!  All of my antennae are
going off at this description.....  !  Please be careful and if you do have
future interaction with this mother I would suggest that you be accompanied
by a colleague.  Your chagrin and compassion are the humane reactions to have
to someone in such obvious distress.  Just remember that what is "obvious"
may not necessarily be what's wrong!

Mary Renard