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Mickey Smith
Houston Methodist Department of Neurosurgery
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17189 Interstate 45 South Suite 675 The Woodlands, TX 77385
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We encountered Dr. Smith when he was assigned to perform an angiogram on my husband after he was admitted to Methodist Hospital Woodlands, when suffering a brain hemorrhage. Another neurosurgeon, Dr. Effendi, treated my husband in the ICU & was scheduled to perform this procedure. For some reason unknown to us, Dr. Smith was substituted. When the OR nurse and anesthesia nurse came to ICU to prep my husband for the procedure they asked if we had seen Dr. Smith that morning. We said no. They discussed between them whether Dr. Smith preferred to talk with the patient in the ICU or in the OR, they said he likes to talk in the patient's room. So they paged Dr. Smith. Upon arrival in the ICU room, Dr. Smith said, I don't know what I'm doing here I spoke with this patient yesterday. This statement obviously was shocking, offensive and frustrating - leaving me thinking what kind of doctor would be so unkind, insensitive, rude and superior sounding, just before taking a stroke patient to the OR for a procedure. Obviously my confidence in him went to below 0 but I had no idea what to do other than go forward hoping to find some answers for my husband. I didn't want to become best friends with the doctor or take him home with us - - I just expected less rudeness, thoughtlessness and insensitivity.
Dr. Smith asked me if I had any questions and I said no, that yesterday I heard his conversation with my husband via phone. But I also said, the reason you are here is we were asked if we had seen you "this morning." Our answer was no, because we hadn't seen you this morning. He didn't respond.
When dismissed from the hospital I was given written instructions in regard to my husband's care. A nurse verbally went through these instructions with me. He pointed out that, as it was written, a BP medicine had been prescribed and already called into our pharmacy - - pointing out on the hospital monitor that my husband's BP remained in hyper-tension range - which nurses repeatedly told me by phone from the ICU, since I couldn't be there in person because of covid. He also pointed out the written instructions to set an appointment with our primary care doctor in the next few days and with Dr. Smith within four weeks. We didn't have a primary care doctor at that time, even though the name of one my husband had seen about four years ago was on the instructions - upon checking in the ER I asked them not to put this doctor's name down because he is a St Lukes and we wanted to everything though one place and had chosen Methodist. Upon arrival at our pharmacy they did not have the prescription and in my presence they left a message for the doctor asking for the prescription. I also left a message that day with Dr. Smith's office asking about the BP meds and reporting that at home his BP was still high. I got no return call that day. The next day I returned to the pharmacy and found they still didn't have the prescription or a call back regarding it from the doctor . I again left a message at Dr. Smith's office that we were very concerned my husband was supposed to have BP meds and we still didnt have them. Again, no return call. It was now the weekend and we were extremely worried what might to my husband after the stroke and we had no way to get his BP down. On Monday we went to Methodist to start post-stroke therapy. After therapy we walked into Dr. Smith's office and explained the situation to Lillian at the front desk. She said she would give the info to Dr. Smith and they would get back to us. This was on the fifth day after release from the hospital and we were frantic about my husband's BP and what it might cause. Lillian was the only person in Smith's office who had been helpful. Briana, a nurse in Dr. Smith' office, called me at the end of that day. She said Dr. Smith didn't prescribe the BP meds - that neurosurgeons don't prescribe - they do surgery. The BP was prescribed by another doctor in the hospital but had since been cancelled. We were never told it was cancelled and my husband's BP was still elevated. I asked the nurse what we should do and she actually laughed and said, I don't know I'm just a nurse. I asked if e could talk to someone who does know and she suggested we have our primary or cardiac doctor prescribe BP meds. I told her we don't have either type doctor and could Dr. Smith recommend one. She said he and the other doctors were gone but she would ask him and would call me the next day with names. It's four days later and I haven't heard from her. I've tried calling Dr. Smith's office but no one ever answers. I told Dr. Smith's office that the written and verbal instructions we were given said to set a follow up appointment with Dr. Smith within four weeks. They said those instructions that are given out are usually wrong and that Dr. Smith said he doesn't need to do a follow up because the bleeding in my husband's head had stopped.....we should set an appointment with a primary care doctor.
by L Gibbs xxx.xxx.136.147
February 12, 2021
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17189 Interstate 45 South Suite 675, The Woodlands, TX 77385