Please, rethink your position on the doctor of choice. He runs them through so fast, like cows through a milk barn, that he finds very little time to give good post-op care. My daughter had it 18 months ago, did ok, but had some air leak into abdomen (life threatening, yep) put on meds and in hospital for 4 days. She had to be hospitalized several times (seriously about 9) last time just before Christmas. He did not bother to show for 28 hours, but was at hospital several times because he was paged. He does not take the pain that some have very seriously, in fact tells them it's normal, will go away. My daughter vomited all the time and ate hardly anything. Sent to hospital for malnutrition, loss of weight too fast (130 lbs in 7 months), severe pain and could not change doctors because NO OTHERS WOULD TAKE BAB'S PATIENTS!!! Her last trip he said she was fine. Nothing is wrong. This was Dec. 19 through 22. On Jan 3, 09, she awoke at 8:45 with severe pain, vomiting violently, lost consciousness, never regained it, and died at 9:30. In forty-five minutes we lost our only child, 31, an RN with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and followed all the rules. But good ole doc said, "you are ok, there is nothing wrong." See you live in Elkhart, well, we live in Palestine. Want to check it out, call the hospital and inquire. No, no one at Palestine Regional did anything wrong. But everytime she had to go to emergency room or be admitted they immediately transferred her by ambulance to Tyler because she was BABINEAU'S patient. The main surgeon here in Palestine, apoligized once for not taking her and we did not want her to go back to you-know-who. Think it over ma'am. It could mean the difference in your's or your daughter's life.
