Lisa
My 6 month old was admitted to the…
My 6 month old was admitted to the hospital as a direct result of their horrible customer service! My son's feeding pump has been acting up since we first got it, but I was usually able to reset it. This became more frequent, so I finally called customer service to tell them about it. They said they would get a new pump out to us. It arrived around 9:30 that evening. I had to exchange the pump we had to the guy dropping it off. I set up the replacement and it does not work AT ALL (and now the old pump is gone). Customer service is closed at this hour so I'm stuck. I spent the entire night refilling a 60ml syringe (every 2 hours) and slowly, manually pushing my son's feed into him. The following morning, I tried calling customer service. I was disconnected several times, left several messages and got nowhere. In the meantime, I set up the gravity feed set that they provided. Shortly thereafter, I learned: DO NOT USE A GRAVITY FEED SET FOR A BABY! The only method of controlling the feed rate is a very finicky roller valve. The rate would increase and decrease depending on his breathing. He fell asleep and his calm breathing caused a rapid increase in the drip until suddenly he began to projectile vomit and have explosive diarrhea simultaneously. I called his GI doctor and was advised to bring him the the ER and have him assessed. Also, at this point, that's the only way I can get him fed since I don't have a functional pump and cannot reach anyone at Option Care to help. The doctors even tried to step in and expedite getting us a new pump so that we could go home and they couldn't make any progress with the company either. So, my son is admitted to the hospital and given IV fluids and sugar to combat his dehydration and hypoglycemia since I've not been able to feed him and we're finally feeding him with their working pump until Option Care gets us functional equipment. A little more info: My baby has had a feeding tube since November 2024 and we were set up with Option Care for his supplies. We received our first supply order quickly but it's all gone downhill from there: Any time I call them, I'm on hold for at least 30 minutes and often get disconnected before anyone answers. I once requested, by name, 3M Cavilon barrier film to protect his skin and instead I received 1100 3x4" catheter dressing films that are completely useless to me. When he had surgery to change his ND tube to a GJ tube I was told that the new supplies would arrive before we were discharged from the hospital. Instead, the day after we left I received a call asking if I really needed those supplies and then they finally arrived 3days after we got home. Thankfully the nurse at the hospital sent us home with some extra supplies, otherwise as would've had to go back to the hospital while waiting for our Option Care supplies to arrive. When we finally received the new supplies they were useless. The extension tubes they sent (that I later learned leak half the time) had threaded connectors that our previously supplied syringes would not work with. I called and after 45 minutes was told I'd receive the correct syringes the following day. A week later, after not receiving anything, they told me there was no previous order for them and again told me they'd arrive the next day, finally 3 days later they did. I am now in the process of finding a new supply company, enough is enough!


