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I have always had good experiences with Harris...b...

I have always had good experiences with Harris...but I just had to have spine surgery there last week and it was the worst experience of my life. I had a couple of lovely compassionate nurses, but the rest mostly seemed bothered to be there or messing with me. From day 1 of surgery I was complaining of chest pain, which they immediately blamed on my anxiety. The first night post op they were trying to do something to my bed and since I had just had surgery and was in pain I asked them to give me a second to prepare and the charge nurse just grabbed me by my arm and rolled me as I screamed in pain, when I tried to report her she told me there was no one else above her for me to talk to. Another nurse stated the wrong med she was giving me and then argued when I questioned it. She also charted giving me a pill I never received so I missed a whole round of meds for it. The bed was key low and my tray was high and no one would ever help me eat so I lived off jello and applesauce for days on end. A doc doing rounds once I pleaded with him something was wrong with my chest and ribs he informed me that it was all psycho semantic because of my anxiety. I would lay in bed balling my eyes out pleading for help and was ignored. I felt like when they were annoyed with me they ignored my nurse calls. They put me on a bed pan even though I told them my spine needed to stay straight and was really painful, but would still leave the room for 20-30 minutes before coming back, sometimes I would be covered in my pee in a soaking bed for extended periods of time. I was continually yelled at to calm down instead of being talked to decently just upsetting me more and it was hard because I was in the most severe pain imaginable and was being completely ignored. They refused to help find me a regime that would help or even bed exercises even though I was promised a pain management team for 3 days. I eventually asked for an adult diaper and after the first time using it I was told I really needed to learn how to use the bed pan because she didn t want to change me again. Which made be feel more humiliated than I already did. The day before they kicked me out I started shaking and become non responsive because of the amount of pain ( a seizure was ruled out). They eventually forced me out even though I was still pleading with them something was wrong. I screamed in pain the whole time being wheeled out of the hospital. I had to use YouTube to teach myself the proper way to get out of bed and roll, which I still can t do because Of the extreme amount of pain i am still in. Through others experience I have been self diagnosed with costochondritis and treating with anti inflammatories since I was only given them once the whole week I was in the hospital.
I have never felt so bad about a hospital stay or procedure as I have with this one. I was left crying in pain for most of my stay, ignored, made to feel like I was a liar and a junkie, and completely pushed aside. Not to mention in the week I was there not once was I offered a bath or my hair to be washed. It was the more de humanizing experience of my life. I will NEVER return here for medical care.

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