Camelia,
I am so sorry about the problems you are having at the hospital. It is bad enough that your mother is so ill, but to deal with incompetence on top of it is maddening!
My father was in the hospital and the nurse/ or aide came in to draw blood. They must have been called away because they forgot to take the tubing off of my fathers arm. I arrived Hours later to see it still attached and his arm completely blue! He never regained the strength in it and was in hospice a few days later not complaining about his breathing, but complaining about how much his arm hurt.
Beleive me I know how mad and upset you all are! I have been there!!!
If you call your insurance company and tell them what happened, and they determine that it was hospital error they will not pay, and you will not have to either. There is not much that can be done about the time your family including your mother have had to stay at the hospital, except possible sue, & settle with the hospital. The fact that your mothers days are limited, and that she had to spend so many of them in the hospital unnecessarily may give you a good case. Talk to the Risk Management Office at the hospital, if you don't get the answers you are seeking, I would talk to an attorney. Make sure to get all of her records first. They tend to get altered if a law suit is threatened....You will know if you have a good case if the attorney doen't ask for a retainer. That is a good way to tell if your case has merit.
Karen