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St. John Hospital and Medical Center,
Department of Emergency Medicine
I too, had been in the E.R for my body was shutting down, stomache aches, hard to breathe, and everyone done blood work but this was the only time they actually saw Kidney stones and gallbladder stones on an MRI and ultra sound.
I figured cause I still had air in my stomach from getting my tubes tied on May13th. I did not know that surgeons had the right to refuse to give a treatment to an individual just because they have to many health issues or maybe they thought the person should go home and pee out the stones which doesn’t work for everyone especially if a person has heart failure. That individual should have both Kidneys working properly. This doctor Caldwell didn’t seem to think so with me however he offered the girl in the next bed the treatment, so how was she any different. We all care about our lives. Our lives are valuable too. So now I’m still searching and begging for that treatment to be done. This is my body, and my life.
No new case since May! We miss you! I hope it’s just been a prolonged vacation, and that we will start seeing new cases soon.