This is the first review I have ever done and I st...

This is the first review I have ever done and I struggled with the decision to do it, however, I felt like people need to know. I was visiting in October from South Carolina when I became very sick and in pain beyond any level I have ever experienced, and I have had two children. I was taken by an ambulance that morning to TMH in excruciating pain. It did not take long for it to be determined, following CT Scan, that I would need emergency surgery and a surgeon was called in. Once he arrived the treatment plan changed, simply because my pain level had decreased. Of course it had decrease, and thank God for it, I was given medications to reduce the pain. I, however, was still in a lot of pain, and the level would escalate as the medication left my system. The diagnosis itself never changed. I was told I was being admitted but instead of being moved in to a room, I spent the night in the ER. The care and attention was nonexistent to negligent. There was one moment that I was in the bed on my knees dry heaving into a trash can and crying in pain. The nurse walked in, handed me a damp rag then walked out. She never came back in to check on me, although I was in distress when she walked out. I had to go out and find someone to get me a blanket. I could provide detailed account of the night, but I will sum it up by saying it was awful!! To get attention through the night, I would have to ask. The next morning, still in pain and tears, I decided to go to another hospital and asked to be discharged. After that I was unhooked from the IV and moniters and that was the last I saw of an RN once I told her someone was coming to get me. I then heard my family member, who called to find out where to pick me up, being mocked by the young lady who answered the phone. She was loud and mean spirited and the group around her laughed. She was mocking his Southern accent. Because my phone had died I had to ask to use the phone to call him. I had trouble getting a line. When I asked for help I was rudely given instructions on how to do it. When I failed again he took the phone. I hate to admit I was pleased that he failed as well and asked a colleague to assist him. By this point I am literally in tears and swaying with pain. I am also barefooted because I had been brought from home by an ambulance and we didn t think to gab shoes. He did not acknowledge my distress, offer assistance, ask me to sit down, NOTHING. He handed me the phone and walked away. Not another professional soul approached me during the time I waited for my ride. I had surgery the same day in another facility. Every professional there was appalled that I had been discharged. My condition was life threatening and I was told every minute counts . The care I received before, during and the week I spent in the hospital after the surgery was completely different than that at Tallahassee. They were competent and caring professionals. Where I wouldn t give Tallahassee even one star if I could rate in the negative, I would give the hospital in Macon, GA a hundred stars.