childrens hospital/medical center/macon ga.

[Guest guest]

HI, HAS ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHILDRENS HOAPITAL/MEDICAL CENTER OF MACON GA.,OR DR. NOEL ISREAL OF MACON?

WE HAVE HAD A MOST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE INVOLVING OUR 10 YR. OLD THAT WAS ADMITTED FOR A COLON CLEANSE. HE IS AUTISTIC WITH ADHD, HE IS ON ADHD MEDS THAT WORK SOMEWHAT.

WE WERE ASKED TO ARRIVE AT THE.C.H. BETWEEN 9 & 10 AM... WE GOT THERE AT 9:05. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP OUR 10 YR. OLD FOCUSED AFTER THE FIRST 35 MINUTES ,AFTER 2 HOURS WE GOT UP TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE A COUPLE OF MORE MINUTES AT 11:35 AM WE WERE TOLD OUR ROOM WAS READY... IT WAS ON THE CANCER WING..

WE DIDN'T SEE A NURSE FOR ANOTHER 30 MIN. THEY SAID THEY WERE BRINGING A PILL IN A FEW MIN TO GET OUR 10 YR. OLD RELAXED ENOUGH TO INSERT A TUBE DOWN HIS NOSE INTO HIS TUMMY FOR THE COLON CLEANSE MED. THEY CAME 2 HOURS LATER WITH LIQUID INA SYRINGE FOR HIM TO TAKE ORALLY,THEY PUT IT IN TEA HE IMMEDIATELY SPIT IT OUT...HE HAS ISSUES WITH TASTE AND TEXTURES IN HIS MOUTH.. THEY SAID WE'LL GET HIM A SHOT.. WE NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN.... AT 8PM A NURES SHOWED UP AND TOOK US UP TO THE "TREATMENT" ROOM.. THEY GAVE HIMA SHOT TO INDUCE A "NAP"... DR.LOWELL CLARK,BY THE WAY..WAS AMAZING WITH OUR 10 YR. OLD AUTISM,HE HAD A GENTLE WAY WITH HIM AND IN HIS ROOM WAS VISUAL AIDES THAT KEPT OUR 10 YR, OLD ATTENTION,LONG GLASS TUBE WITH BUBBLES AND LIGHTS,PROJECTIONS OF COLORS AND SHAPES ON THE WALL AND LONG TUBAL FIBER-OPTIC LIGHTS TO TOUCH AND HOLD.. THIS WAS WONDERFUL.. AFTER THE TUBE WAS INSERTED WITH VERY LITTLE PROBLEM WE WERE TOLD

THAT OUR 10 YR. OLD WOULD BE IN THE PICU/INTERMEDIATE CARE THRU THE NITE SINCE HE WAS AUTISTIC AND NOT KNOWING HOW HE WOULD REACT TO THE SHOT AND MEDS IN HIS TUMMY AND TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON HIS VITAL SIGNS.. WELL THE NURSE CAME BACK TO THE TREATMENT ROOM AND SAID THAT INERMEDIATE SAID WE'D HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 1 1/2 HOURS BEFORE WE COULD GET BACK THERE.... OUR 10 YR. OLD WAS ALMOST OUT OF THE "NAP" AT THIS TIME AND THE TUBE WAS TRAUMATIZING HIM AND HE WAS EXTREMELY AGITATED WITH ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.... WELL ,ANOTHER NURSE "MARY-JO",GREAT LADY. CAME IN,FOUND OUT WHAT INTERMEDIATE CARE SAID,MARY-JO,SAID,"OH,NO!" AND WENT TO PICU,SHE WAS BACK IN A FLASH AND WE WERE ESCORTED BY HER TO PICU, SHE TOLD US THE NURSES WERE GETTING READY FOR SHIFT CHANGE AND DIDN"T WANT TO FOOL WITH ANOTHER KID RIGHT THEN THAT HE COULD WAIT TILL THE NEXT SHIFT.... HOW NICE IS THAT>>>

RIGHT OFF WE HAD PROBLEMS,WE WEREN'T WANTED IN THERE ,IT WAS INCONVIENIENT TO THEM,OUR CHILD WAS AUTISTIC,THEY CLULESS. AND THE HEAD NURSE WAS A COLD FISH''HER NAME WAS NIKKI..SHE SAID SHE HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR AUTISIM FOR 5 YEARS.... HER ACTIONS PROVED OTHERWISE... I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A BAD EXCUSE FOR A NUSE IN MY LIFE...

ANYWAY,OUR 10 YR OLD THREW UP THE COLON MED "AND" HIS TUBE FROM HIS STOMACH...HE WAS HORRIFIED..WE ASKED THE NEW NURSE WHATA ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? SHE SAID HE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT PUT BACK IN..MY HUBBY AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID "NO-WAY",TAKE IT OUT,NOW.. SO SHE PULLED THE TUBE THRU HIS NOSE AND MY HUBBY AND I BEGAN TO DISCONNECT ALL THE OTHER TUBES HE HAD ON HIS BODY..... WE SAID GET US OUT OF HERE... WE WERE SENT BACK DOWN TO THE ROOM WERE HAD BEEN IN ON THE 3RD FLOOR AND OUR 10 YR. OLD WAS STARTED ON MIRALAX EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR TILL HE WAS CLEANED .. WELL THEY DID NOT BRING THE MIRALAX EVERY HOUR,AT ONE POINT IT WAS 45 MIN LATE SO WE BEGAN TO GO TO THE NURSES STATION TO GET IT OUR SELVES...I WENT THERE AT ONE POINT AND THERE WERE 8 WORKERS/NURSES AT THE STATION ,I ASKED FOR HELP,I WAS IGNORED...I ASKED FOR HELP,I WAS IGNORED...I ASKED FOR HELP.IWAS IGNORED....I MOVED RIGHT IN FRONT OF A WORKER AND BANGED MY HAND ON THE COUNTER AND

SAID IN A LOUD VOICE..WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME??? FINALLY A NURSE SAID WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU...I SAID IWANTED TO GET OUR CHILDS MIRALAX,IT WAS LATE..SHE SAID YOUR NURSE IS BUSY............ EXCUSE ME?????? BUSY?????

WHAT ABOUT MY CHILD,HE HAS BEEN IGNORED THE ENTIRE DAY.......I ASKED IF SOMEONE ELSE COULD PLEASE GET HIS MED??? WELL THEY CALLED THE HEAD NURSE OFF THE FLOOR,SHE WAS NOT VERY PLEASED WITH THAT..BUT SHE DID GET THE MED FOR MY CHILD.... FINALLY..HE GOT IT SO LATE WE WERE AFRAID IT WOULD CAUSE HIM TO HAVE TO GO THRU THR PROCEDURE FOR AND EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.... FINALLY AFTER DARK THE DRS. PA CAME IN AND SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO X-RAY IN 30 MIN....1 HR.15 MIN LATER WE WENT TO X-RAY..THAT WAS TRAUMATIZING..HE SCREAMED THE ENTIRE TIME... THIS LITTLE GUY HAD ENDURED MORE THAN ANYONE OF US WOULD HAVE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES... WE GOT A GOOD X-RAY ANFD RAN,OUT OF THAT PLACE...

PUR CHILD WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GO THRU THIS ORDEAL "IF" DR. ISREAL,A PEDIATRIC GASTRO-ENTEROLOGIST, HAD LISTENED TO US AND WAS AQUAINTED WITH AUTISTIC CHILDREN,,,,,WE WERE NOT IMPRESSED WITH HIM,OR THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL STAFF. WE WILL NEVER RECCOMMED THIS DR. OR HOSPITAL TO ANYONE...IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PEDIATRIC-GASTRO-ENTEROLOGIST IN THE MIDDLE GA AREA OR IN THE ATLANTA AREA?? IF SO PLEASE HELP US..WE ALSO NEED THE NAME OF A REGULAR PEDIATRICIAN THAT IS DEDICATED TO AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND UNDERSTANDS ALL OF THEIR ISSUES AND TREATS THEM WITH RESPECT AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOT ALL THE SAME..BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALL THE SAME AND THEY DO NOT REACT THE SAME...IF ANYONE CAN HELP US WE WOULD SO APPRECIATE IT...PLEASE DON'T SEND DR. ELIZABETH YOUNGS ADDRESS,SHE WORKS WITH DR. NOEL ISREAL..WE DO NOT WANT EITHER OF THEM TO TREAT OUR CHILD.

THANK-YOU SO MUCH.

NANCY