Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE PATIENT REPORTED, THAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN HER BASELINE PAIN. SHE ALSO REPORTED, THAT HER CATHETER WAS CONFIRMED TO BE FRACTURED IN 2007; HOWEVER, THE HCP HAD TOLD HER THAT TRYING TO RETRIEVE THE PIECE THAT HAD BROKEN OFF IN HER SPINE MAY BE TOO MUCH OF A RISK. THE PATIENT STATED, THAT HER PUMP WAS CURRENTLY TURNED OFF. THE HCP FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S PUMP WAS USED TO DELIVER MORPHINE SULFATE. A MYELOGRAM WAS DONE IN 2006 AND REVEALED A "CATHETER FRAGMENT ENTERING THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE AT L1-2 LEVEL WITH THE TIP OF THE CATHETER EXTENDING SUPERIORLY WITH THE CONUS MEDULLARIS." THE HCP REPORTED, THE PATIENT OUTCOME AS "NON-SERIOUS ILLNESS" AND REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WOULD TAKE UNSPECIFIED ORAL NARCOTIC PAIN MEDICATION.