Aprilmayorjune Usrey

Review of WellStar Health System

My son was ran off the road by his married, suppos...

My son was ran off the road by his married, supposedly baby mama's family. He had no feeling from waist down. We live on the GA/AL line. I begged he be airlifted to UAB or Grady, unfortunately he was taken to Atlanta Medical. To my surprise said (at the time married girlfriend) came to hospital. My son was in Trauma Unit a day and a half, moved to ICU for another day and a half. Said girl was talking photos of board listings Doctors & head nurses then texting this information to her mother. The mother was calling hospital, talking to head nurse and claiming my son was faking and could move his lower body. I was with him the whole time, he was not faking. In fact, demanding to go home even while in Trauma Unit. He was moved to a regular room because this hospital could not determine why he could not feel his legs. He would have muscle spasms during the MRIs. The head nurse came in and claimed he had been seen walking the halls, I demanded to see the video. Her story changed to a nurse claimed to see him move his legs. Physical therapy came in for maybe 5 minutes. They stuck crutches under his arms and told him to walk. My son has upper body strength and attempted to do as he was ordered. The doctors mentioned sending him home after a day in a regular room. I demanded Shepherd Spinal Clinic come and evaluate, unfortunately Shepherd only read reports completed by Doctors and head nurse. He was refused by Shepherd. I refused to leave! My son could not walk and our home was not wheelchair friendly. We were told he would do better at an out of hospital physical therapy facility. We were allowed to stay another night and thrown out on day 5, he could still NOT walk. I advised the Atlanta Medical we would go to another hospital. They informed me, just like Shepherd had, that his records would be read and all other hospitals would go by Doctors documents and reports.