VICTORIA ? The parents of three-year-old Hannah Day, a Victoria girl diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, say they will file a formal complaint with the Vancouver Island Health Authority.
They say their little girl was extremely ill, vomiting and unable to eat for weeks. But, a string of doctors sent them away, including doctors at Victoria General Hospital?s Emergency Department.
Dr. Rod Rassekh, an oncologist at B.C. Children?s Hospital says diagnosing cancer in children can be difficult. Rassekh says Hannah?s cancer it is often found when tumours grow to a point the stomach becomes enlarged.
Her mother is angry it took so long to get to her daughter into treatment. Brooke Ervin says doctor after doctor told her nothing was wrong. Ervin says Hannah started showing signs of being ill in mid June; she was vomiting and unable to eat.
The family visited a number of walk-in clinics in the following weeks, but each time they were given a different explanation for what was wrong. It turns out, none were correct.
On July 26th Ervin took Hannah to the emergency department at Victoria General Hospital. Three hours later she was released with instructions to follow up with her family doctor
?They said it was bad posture,? says Ervin.
When Hannah?s symptoms got worse, her family doctor told Ervin to rush her daughter back to emergency at VGH and suggested an emergency ultra-sound.
?But they didn?t do an emergency ultra-sound,? Ervin explains.
The Vancouver Island Health Authority released the following treatment timeline CTV News:
August 3rd, 2012
3:15pm ? Hannah arrives at VGH and immediately triaged as ?critical.?
3:30pm ? Hannah is seen by a doctor
6:00pm ? An X-ray is taken.
11:30pm ? Doctors ordered an ultra sound.
August 4th, 2012
1:30am ? Hannah is admitted to the paediatric ward.
9:30am ? Hannah receives an ultra-sound.
2:30pm ? The family learns Hannah has a mass in her stomach
11:30pm ? Hannah is flown to B.C. Children?s Hospital
The NDP is calling on the health authority to complete a full review of the case. But, VIHA says it cannot act, unless it receives a complaint from the family. Hannah?s family says that complaint is coming, but their first priority is Hannah, and supporting her during, what is expected to be, a year of chemotherapy.
VIHA says it is required by law to respond and that could include a meeting with doctors and family to address concerns.
Hannah?s diagnosis is just the latest in a series of tragedies for her family. A fire in January 2011 gutted the family business and later that year, Hannah?s grandfather died from a heart attack. Now they family is struggling to make ends meet as keep a home in Victoria and stay with Hannah at the hospital.
To help the family survive, friends are stepping forward to raise money, setting up a Facebook page ?Help Little Hannah Get Cancer Free.?
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Source: http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca/2012/08/family-questions-treatment-of-toddler-fighting-rare-cancer/
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