I had surgery April 29th 2013 with Dr Garcia and his team. They make you feel welcomed & comfortable before surgery. When i arrived i met beautiful Ana!! She is the Secretary(new) She was very caring and was only suppose to do my admit/discharge papers but took the time out of her day to come and talk to me:) She would check on things that had nothing to do with her department! I met dr Garcia before my surgery. Very sweet and a little shy. Listened to me about being soo modest. thank god!! he drew the procedure on his tablet explaining everything. I met Dr Valasco who answered all my questions and spent lots of time in my room making sure I was ok. Hospital Oasis made sure I was not in pain or had nausea (meds). The first night was rough. I had pain, nausea, was very hot, miserable and my blood sugar went up. Dr garcia nurses right away gave me a fan and medicine. (insulin)

I will say there were 2ladies there that had a DIFFRENT Dr. and they had surgery same day as me. they had pain meds once, they had no window, no fan (super hot in there room). I started gatorade & apple juice. they were still getting ice chips, getting ready to be released!! Also they had only one leak test after surgery. I felt bad for them and pray they are at a healthy revovery.

The way the Dr's talk about eachother is amazing. You can tell they are close and truly care about each other.

I THANK DR GARCIA AND HIS WONDERFUL TEAM for a second chance at life!

Glad you had a great experience! Congratulations!

 

I had a different Dr but had pain meds and Zofran around the clock. You did need to ask the nurse for them. The nurses treat all the patients the same regardless of Dr.

 

I had ice chips the second day until my leak test, but that's because I got the upgraded leak test at Hospital Angeles at no charge. I could have done the barium swallow at Florence and saved money. Not gonna lie, I snuck apple juice. Just a tiny bit lol.

 

Congrats again, and welcome to being a sleevster!

Congrats! Glad all went well and this helps put me at ease as I will be seeing Dr. Garcia on the 22nd and I am excited!

This hospital doesn't has ac???? Fan? I don't like that....

This hospital doesn't has ac???? Fan? I don't like that....

 

no it does. because I myself came out of surgery miserably hot, I requested a fan. they did tell me they could turn up ac but its also a cancer center and I didn't want to freeze the little lady next door.

 

no it does. because I myself came out of surgery miserably hot' date=' I requested a fan. they did tell me they could turn up ac but its also a cancer center and I didn't want to freeze the little lady next door.[/quote']

 

This was hard for you. .