"I have to say that everything except the nursing care was good. I am a nurse myself and know what is supposed to be done in a daily assessment. I don't feel that a proper nursing assessment was done once while I was there.
Nobody even looked at my drain the entire first day. When I looked at it that evening, I found it was kinked and didn't drain anything. I got some tape from a tech and fixed it myself. Only one nurse included my incisions and drain in his oncoming assessment. Only one nurse listened to my lungs (that was because she had a student nurse with her) because she didn't do it the first day.
My second day, I went approximately 7 hours without seeing any nurse and I had to remind the tech to empty my drain and catheter.
I only had one nurse who checked on me regularly and he was on night shift. I would definately recommend you have an advocate there to help you get the attention you may need!
Otherwise, the hospital was clean and bright. I asked the recovery nurses if I was going to have a private room and they got me one. The cafeteria was clean and provided decent meals for my family who stayed with me. "
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My first impression of Dr. Chebli came while I was sitting in the waiting room. A patient of his who had surgery 4 1/2 months ago was raving about how wonderful he is. The wait was a bit long but I figured if he was taking his time with the person in front of me, he would do the same with me; I was right.
My girlfriend and I are having the surgery together and his office allowed us to meet with the Dr. together.
He seems wonderful and kind. As a nurse, I have met many doctors/surgeons who treat their patients like cattle - herding them through just for the money. I felt that Dr. Chebli took his time to explain the different procedures and answer any questions we had.
He is very strict about his low carb diet 2 weeks prior to surgery for those having laproscopic and very strict about loosing 10% of your weight prior to that time also.
It only makes the surgery easier and my recovery time shorter; I can't argue with that!
More to follow..."
