Robin

Review of CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial...

I had a 1.5" long beetle burrowing into my eardrum...

I had a 1.5" long beetle burrowing into my eardrum. After unsuccessfully digging into my ear to remove it, the ER doctor knocked me out with Fentanyl. The Dr and nurse still could not get it out because the pain was unbearable. I begged to be admitted and put under anesthesia because it was like a 25 in pain on a scale that only goes to 10. IT was unbelievable. Finally they got the burrowing insect out. (left the room for 45 minutes with the open bottle of Fentanyl sitting on the cabinet. !!! Good thing I'm not a thief.) Then they discharged me with no antibiotics (and of course, no pain medication). It got infected and half my head swelled up so much it sort of temporarily disfigured my head. I spent 3 weeks in bed recovering from the infection after seeing an ENT Specialist who treated the infection the hospital caused. The only way I would go back to this ER is if somebody drags me there unconscious.