Lab mix-up?!

I'm so pissed!! I called the doctor to make a follow up appointment for my D&C on Monday and I asked if my test results would be ready by my appt. next Wednesday. I was put on hold a few minutes and then the receptionist tells me there was some sort of mix-up at the lab and I won't get any chromosomal tests, but I will get some others (which she didn't name). I am so upset about this! I insisted with the hospital staff for samples to be sent for the chromosome test and now I will never know if anything was wrong. This was the whole reason I decided not to miscarry naturally.

They told me to call the lab and talk to them and I had to leave a message for the head person to call me back. What should I ask and who should I blame!?   I don't want to hear accidents happen. It's not like a f*ing blood sample I can just give again.  

omg how are you not throwing/breaking stuff at this point? I'd rip that lab a new one. Find out names of who handled your samples and either go to their supervisor or if you wanted could see about a lawyer and what they think are your options. I wouldn't let them get away with that crap. I'm so sorry they royally screwed up I hope you get justice for their incompetence.

I can't stop crying about it. I finally got a hold of the lab at the hospital and they said formalin was added to my baby "specimen" and ruined it and now they can't do the chromosome testing. The head lab person said they don't know when the accident occurred (before or after it was sent to a secondary lab outside the hospital) and that no one is able to say who made the error.

I'm so pissed about it and that the doctor didn't call me. No one called me! I had to find out and investigate on my own.

I left a message to talk to the doctor but I know she didn't do it but she could have called me!

There should be like a chain of command... like chain of evidence, who touched your samples and when. I'd be pissed at the dr. for not calling you too and I would be seeking a lawyer out. I'm so sorry though you didn't need this crap ontop of what you've gone through already! How insensitive and careless of them at the lab! Everyone of them should be fired.

Quoting DifferentDay:" There should be like a chain of command... like chain of evidence, who touched your samples and when. ... [snip!] ... ontop of what you've gone through already! How insensitive and careless of them at the lab! Everyone of them should be fired."

im so sorry. dont waste your time and energy trying to find anything out on your own. get yourself a lawyer, and sue the hell out of em.

I found out it was the lab at the hospital that messed up my fetus with the chemical formalin.   I talked to the outside lab that the tests are supposed to be done at. My doctor is on vacation until Monday. I wonder if she will even care or just say oh well.   I haven't slept in days over this stupid smurf.

Quoting L♥vey:" I found out it was the lab at the hospital that messed up my fetus with the chemical formalin.   I talked ... [snip!] ... on vacation until Monday. I wonder if she will even care or just say oh well.   I haven't slept in days over this stupid smurf."

i know it wont bring your results back, or change the outcome, but have you thought about getting a lawyer? i would sue them, not just for suffering and distress, but to make them pay, maybe then they would be more careful with the next persons results. im so sorry for your loss, and for the stress and sadness you have had to relive with all this.

I know all of you are on my side, but I feel like if I say anything or go further than just talking to lab people that someone will basically say something like "who cares you had one miscarriage."   I just want my pain to go away and people to realize that even though I have only had one miscarriage, it is such a big deal to me that they ruined my chances of get those tests done.  

I kind of want to go to a lawyer but will they take me seriously? I have to talk to my doctor on Monday, she better support me and agree how horrible this mistake was or I might have to find a new doctor.  

I think a very good lawyer will care and be compassionate enough to explain what your chances are of taking legal action against them for this screw up. Idk your dr. but even mine was caring and I thought for sure she wouldn't be. If your dr. doesn't listen to your concerns and realize how upset you are, then yes find a different dr. immediately. There's so many good ones out there that doesn't make it worth staying with a bad one. I am so so so so so (x's infinity) sorry about this added to what you've already gone through. I'm hoping they might still be able to give you some sort of reason as to what happened even though the results were damaged. Even though it was your first m/c it's still something that's to be taken seriously. If you're upset about it and all do something. 100%+ behind you no matter what you decide! Sending good vibes your way so sorry mama!

Quoting L♥vey:" I know all of you are on my side, but I feel like if I say anything or go further than just talking to ... [snip!] ... to my doctor on Monday, she better support me and agree how horrible this mistake was or I might have to find a new doctor.  "

oh honey.. there is no such thing as "just one" miscarrige. a baby is a baby, and the connection is instant for us mommas. i have never had one, but i can not even imagine that pain. i thought i was having one with this baby, and just the scare drained my heart. even one miscarraige is one too many for a person to go through. never down play your pain, your loss is real, and awful, and horrible. and im so so sorry. yes, i think you have a very liget case, and would talk to a lawyer after you talk to your dr. agian, so so sorry, and hope you at least get an apoligy and the attempt to make it right.