Nicholas Cucchiaro

Review of Veterans Health Administration...

Major Surgery total knee replacement was Thursday ...

Major Surgery total knee replacement was Thursday March 7, 2019 released Friday March 8 2019.
Now here is my one night horror story
You can t make this stuff up operation went well actually walked the hallway with a walker 3 hours after recovery. Staff was great up until the night shift
A male nurse by the name of Noel complained all night about not having enough staff whenever I had needs he had a real attitude problem. He had to reset my IV machine around 10 times he told me the last time that his patience was at a breaking point. He blamed the dayshift for not putting the IV in properly and he basically reset it complaining the whole time. I take 19 medications a day my medications were not here thank God I bought my own. Around 12:45 AM I had to go to the bathroom. He had an attitude problem on unhooking me from my IV machine and the vibration mattress. I asked him if he could clean the toilet seat because the janitor all night kept using it from an adjacent room and he urinated on it. After it was finished a nurse was standing in the hallway she did not budge so I told her I do it myself. Then for 20 minutes afraid to contact the nurses station with the IV machine beeping I finally did and Noel told me he had an emergency he couldn t get to me. I heard him say in the background that the IV machine was a waste I didn t need the IV it s fighting infection really? Finally I told him I could do without the attitude and the complaining about being understaffed and he said well I I have been attentive to your needs all night seriously? Then he said if I want to make a complaint it would be good because then The hospital would do something about him being understaffed.
I was supposed to get Ice on my knee every 20 minutes good luck with that. Because of the progress that I made with walking Dr at 7 o clock pm told me if I want to go home the next day. I was thinking Saturday so I can get one good day and for physical therapy but after that first night tonight Fugetaboutit.