Anita Veatch Review of NWH
I was left in post-op at 11 am. I had a two hr spi...
I was left in post-op at 11 am. I had a two hr spinal surgery that started 9am and ended at 11am. . This was my 3rd back surgery so not my first rodeo. Previous 2 were in Atlanta. 8:30pm ish I was STILL in post-op recovery bc I was hypotensive. The nurse was unable to get me stabilized the entire day. The nurse refused to get cardiac involved from 11 am until mid evening for medication to increase by BP. I was laying there sobbing while the nurse was playing games on her cell phone. At one point she said to me I can t believe all my friends are texting me right me while I m working! I was sobbing in agony from not having pain medication for multiple hours from a huge surgery. During my stay in the hospital they were never able to get my pain under control. I explained one pain medication never worked in my two previous surgeries. So after 2-3 days they finally switched to morphine which worked in last two surgeries in Atlanta. We informed the pre-op team of all of this. We also explained that me being on daily pain meds I am difficult to manage my pain. My doctor wanted to give me Tramadol which does nothing when I take much stronger medications from my pain clinic. NOBODY WOULD LISTEN TO ME. I also found the nurse going thru my personal belonging. I was on my cell phone explaining to my husband what was happening. She was standing outside my hospital room eaves dropping then she had the nerve to come back in and in while I was on my phone crying and yell at me about listening to my private conversation. Also this hospital violated my HIPPA RIGHTS. I never signed a medical release to speak with my other physicians treating my chronic back pain. Obviously I don t mind then them communicating to have the best care possible but HIPPA RIGHTS are there to protect the patient. These are just a few things from my experience. Every time they had to move me to use stand up commode (toilet) I was screaming out loud which the entire floor could hear. Please think twice before having neurosurgery at this hospital.

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