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Mi doctor Hispital Dr Otiz and Alighterme review/step by step
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Hi VST I had the sleeve gastrectomy on the 11th my wife an I drove down to SD airport on the 10th and were picked up by Abraham the driver for alighterme we then drove straight to the Marriott, it's about a 20 min drive the place is great very nice they give u 3 free bowls of broth 2 Popsicles and 2 free bottle waters all you have to do is call the front desk or go down to the restaurant, the next day at 7am we were picked up and taken to Mi Doctor Hospital (witch is a real hospital NOT a strip mall like Jerusalem) where we met Eduardo (TJ cordinator for Alighterme) we pretty much were checked right away (I've herd some haven't been so lucky guess alighterme has a excellent rapor with the hospital) we weren't even done saying hi to each other when we where shown to our PRIVATE room with a bed for me the patient and a bed for my wife plus my private bathroom, from their the nurse came in and took my blood and put my IV in I was lucky they got it on the first shot then came the fun part the EKG I say fun because I'm well lets just say I got a free chest hair cut lol, then the doctors came in 1 by 1 (3 total) Dr Ortiz then the anesthesiologist and then the hospital doctor they all have great bedside manners and not ones did I feel belittle by the doctors like in the US with their big words that they forget we didn't go to medical school. Oh yeah almost forgot after the anesthesiologist came Eduardo came back and let me know I would be 2nd in line to get sleeved so expect to go in by noon. At 1200 the nurse came and told me they where just finishing cleaning the OR at 12:15 the nurse came back with a wheel chair and was wheeled to the OR all I remember is laying down on the table and then waking up back in my room with a drain stitched to my side, the pain is not that bad although it is bad I think it's more in our heads at least for me I would think its going to hurt so I would cringed and tense up every time I got off the bed and just made it worse for me but the good part is the doctor leaves notes with the nurse to give you pain meds and nausea meds and antibiotics every so often so they would come and give them to me some (I was a big baby so even tho I didn't feel pain I still let them give me the meds thru my IV) but they ask you if u still want them or not, also make sure to walk walk walk if you go by your self you can ask the nurse to remind you and they will plus they can also help u up of the bed since u don't want to stretch and lift your self to much, all the nurses spoke great English but if you have trouble communicating theirs a sheet sheet on top if the room safe with English to Spanish sentence you just point also u can call Eduardo and he can translate that's also part of his job he's their to make it easy on you Ok so the first night after surgery Dr Ortiz and Eduardo came to visit me (I was also lucky that Janese was in town so she also stopped by a couple of times) it was around 9 pm I was still loopy so I don't remember what they said but my wife said they just were checking up on me and asking if their was anything they can get me or my wife they asked her if she wanted a ride to get food but she had already eaten at the cafeteria they have on the 4th floor she says its more of a kitchen with no menu so what ever your companion wants they just ask for it. The next day I was given the blue liquid for the leak test it's not as bad as people make it seem, Dr Ortiz came back again around 9am checked my drain saw no blue so the first test was good then I was wheeled down to floor 2 and was X-ray while drinking the other clear liquid and you get to watch as it travels thru your stomach and again no leaks yay! So you go back upstairs to your room and can now have liquids and ice they give you Gatorade apple juice and Lipton iced tea as much as you want but remember to sip or it will hurt and keep walking the more you walk the less gas also gasX strips helped me a lot at night That night Dr Ortiz and Eduardo came back again checked my drained and pretty Mach just checked on me and let me know the plan for the morning and going to the Marriott The next day Eduardo came gave us our goodie bags with pain meds antibiotics some nasty liquid thats for the stomach lining and your X-ray DVD and took us to the Marriott my wife and I had lunch at the hotel I had such a huge selection I couldn't decide just joking I had broth (free) and she had the buffet $15, for dinner I was feeling brave so we walked down the street and my wife got Carl's jr.(theirs also a smart and final grocery store a subway and teriyaki ) we took a cab back $3 I didn't want to over do it I ordered broth from room service The next day Abraham picked us up around 11 and took us shopping and to the pharmacy because I wanted to buy extra meds to bring back to the US the place he took us has good prices I compared it to other places I checked first and their good about price matching, plus they give you a free prescription so that you can bring the meds back home without trouble. Then he took us to this excellent Mexican food restaurant my wife loved it and the broth was way better then the hotel The next day he picked us up at 10 and drove us across the border to go home My pre diet wight was 235 at surgery I was 222 and as of today I'm 208 today I'm 1 week from surgery but I have been following their instructions to the line I still don't pick up anything over 10lbs also I still only sip because if you drink to fast it hurst because theirs not enough room for the gas and water at the same time I totally recommend alighterme I love Janese she's always getting back to me when ever I email her, and Eduardo when I did have the hotel call him for me no sooner did I hang up the phone and he was calling me back, Abraham has a great personality too and goes above and beyond they all do and Dr Ortiz is great he talks to you more as a friend
If anyone has any questions let me know ill be happy to give you more details on any specific thing you can also email me at lexysdad04@gmail.com or pm me here or just respond
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