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Garden City Hospital
"The nursing staff has something to be desired. My first night after surgery was good but after that it went down hill. The day after surgery I asked to get up and walk at 11am. The nurse said ok and she would be with me in a min. Well that min turned into an hour so I asked again and was told just a min. That min turned into another hour. Finally at 3pm I asked and was able to get someone in there to get me up and walking. My IV had been empty for 2 hours and was beeping and I couldn't even get someone in to change the bag. The second night in the hospital I woke in pain so called the nurse she told me to push my button and I told her I did and it didn't help. She checked out my epidural and said it was fine and gave me a morphine shot through the IV. Nothing was relieving the pain so she just said it was probably gas and I needed to walk. When the day shift came on I told Pat my nurse about what had been happening and she checked my epidural and it was not even in and checked my IV site and the IV site was blown. By then my pain was at a 10+. She contacted the doctor and got orders to give me oral morphine and then diluded injections. Thanks Pat for taking such good care. By the next morning I was feeling fine and my pain level was down to a 3-4. Other than the nursing staff I had a good experience with Garden City. "

James A. Sapala
"My first impression of Dr. Sapala was that he is very caring and isn't one to rush you out of his office. He listened to my concerns and answered all my questions no matter how silly they were. I chose Dr. Sapala because my mom had him as her surgeon some 14 yrs ago. This in itself made me feel comfortable knowing that he knows what he is doing. I had a consult with a surgeon here in Lansing and his bedside manner stunk. Update...found out today Dr. Sapala will not be available to do my surgery as he will be setting up a new clinic in New York. Dr. Kole has agreed to take me as a patient. I will not be meeting him until the surgery date due to work but have confindence that he will be just as good as Dr. Sapala. "
About Me
Haslett, MI
Location
39.7
BMI
RNY
Surgery
01/21/2004
Surgery Date
Nov 05, 2003
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