Methodist Mansfield Medical Center — Local services in Mansfield

I'm here at the hosptial now. When they admitted me I could walk or barely breathe without throwing up. Told them pain was above belly button. They decided it was my appendix or Colin. Did colonoscopy wasn't appendix or Colin so they decided to put in discharge paperwork even tho I feel exactly as I did when I came in. Just a little less pain because they had been managing it for me. I had to convince the nurse how concerned I waa to leave, mainly because when i tried to express my concern to rhe dr i got blown off n told i was leaving anyways. Actually tool 2 emails frlm the nurese to the dr and the sepcnd tome the dr read and ignored it. I felt like where they checked wasn't even where the pain was and that I had felt the exact same as when I came in. Then they decided to do an endoscopy. Didn't find anything. Im editing this a third time because cerbally they said they didnt find anything. On the paperwork of my endoscopy it says i have a hiatal hernia. Which is funny because thats right where my pain is and has all the exact symptoms. N yet i guess thats nothing. Just exactly whats wrongnwith me. Im convinved ag this point that since they did a colonoscopyfirst that i got confused on whwre my pain was. My pain never moved. I kever told them my pain was in any different location. I told them it was at the top of my stomach and they tested the bottom of my stomach And they are ready to discharge me even tho I feel exactly the same. On the original discharge the dr was going to send me home with antibiotics. I asked several times if I had an infection and was told no or idk but they think this should help. This second time they want to discharge me which is right now. They are falling it a stomach acid issue. But they've been giving me iv acid meds since I been here for the last 5 days. So now I'm being discharged with acid meds that I've been taking the entire time while in the hosptial and hadn't done anything to help. I guess is supposed to help if I take it orally outside the hospital. I feel the same as when I got here. I was here 3 months ago with the exact same issue they called it colitis gave me anti bionics and that was it. I'm seriously concerned thag I don't feel comfortable expressing this with my Dr. She doesn't seem to listen to me when I tell her something. I truly feel like she's just trying to get me out so they don't have to deal with it anymore. Idk what to do. I have anxiety n social anxiety so just like forcing my voice or my opinion on people is not easy. Just wish I could get better. Second time in 3 months there's gotta be something

Ok I'm still here but I'm about to leave get this. They came in n said they been giving me anti biotics for this n thay but dunno if I have an infection. Which scares me a lot because that's what I've been leaning towards but I'm not the professional. According to the nurse they hadn't really tested for it. So I told the nurse dr said I can leave when I'm ready right. She's like yea as soon as your good with your diet. N I just looked at her cuz she knows I'm not going yo be able to eat it n hold it down. N she was like well if that's what you want. I said ok what would my other options be. She kinda didn't say anything n I was like because there really isn't any right. She's like yea. N I said ok np go get the dr so I can leave. She's like you can tell her the anti acid isn't working. I said ok but I know she's not really willing yo try n figure out what's wrong with me. I told the nurse if I'm being honest I truly don't think it's all of a sudden acid especially since the nurse told me I had been on anti acids since I got here. And that I truly don't believe the dr knows what's wrong with me but that she also doesn't wanna try n figure it out. The nurse just kinda nodded like yea...

Take that how yall want. They will openly acknowledge they don't know what's wrong with you. Even if you were just here 3 months prior they arnt going yo try n help you figure it out. They are going to guess and check 1 think then discharge you to whatever they can...

My mom entered the ER of Methodist Mansfield on Dec. 1st via ambulance with symptoms of a stroke. From what I can tell, she received great care while in the ER. On Monday, the 3rd, I came to see my mom after receiving a concerning call from my dad. My mom was not very lucid and was not making any sense. When I arrived to her room, the hospitalist was there speaking with my dad. I expressed some concerns and questioned with her current condition why a neurologist had not been consulted or came by to see her since she came in with stroke symptoms and we had been told she had a small stroke. He told me that she hadn't actually had a stroke because no new evidence had been seen that was different than her past scans. He proceeded to tell me that her level of consciousness or altered mental status was caused from a bad reaction to a muscle relaxer that had been given to her for a bad headache she had complained of for a couple of days after she was brought in. He said he would start her on fluids and antibiotics in case the altered mental status was cause by a UTI. About an hour after this her nurse came in with fluids and I asked about the antibiotics and he said that none had been ordered. Meanwhile, my mother is still having problems. I will add, my mom suffers from Ehler's Danlos Syndrome. Their bodies work differently. Around 4:30pm my mom expressed to me that she needed to go to the bathroom, but all she could say was "need pee" Her nurse, Sean came into the room and we tried to get her onto the potty chair. Due to her left sided weakness and inability to comprehend what he was saying at the time, he gave up trying to put her on the potty chair and suggested a bed pan. I asked if I could pick her up myself and put her on the chair myself and he said "He didn't feel comfortable with that" and that he would get a bed pan. My mother was unable to use the bed pan due to it not being the most comfortable thing in the world and because of her ED she runs the risk of her joints coming out of place. So for the next 2 hours, my mother is crying and repeating "need pee" and I am having to explain to her that she cant get up and "Sean" is trying to figure out what he can do since he did a bladder scan and she had 325ml in her bladder. I asked about catherization and he said they really didn't like to do that since it could cause a UTI to be worse if she had one, so they don't consider that until the bladder level is over 400ml. Also, at this time, still NO antibiotics had been hung for this supposed UTI. To tell a person or their family member that you can't make the patient more comfortable because they only have so much is their bladder is ridiculous. My mother is almost 75 years old and did not deserve that. After another hour of being in the room with my mom crying because she needed to urinate so bad, other family members had shown up and we ask if it would be possible to have a diaper or undergarment placed on her so she could go to the bathroom. His response..."I need to see if i can get that approved". Once shift change happened at 7pm, the night nurse talked to me and asked me what was going on, etc. I explained the situation and she immediately said, "ok, lets see what we can do." The next thing I know, she and the night technician were in the room greeting my mom and told her they were going to get her up and get her feeling better. They put the safety belt around her, told her exactly what they needed her to do and how they would help. She was able to slowly move her legs over the side of the bed because by this time, she was starting to come back to us. They got her up, on the potty and she was so relaxed and happy. They changed her sheet, fluffed her pillow, got her in a clean gown and got her put back into bed. After that, my mother was a different person. She wasn't in tears or pain any longer because Sue and I believe her name was Ujo or Oju took the time to help her instead of giving up. Oh, and we did find out that she did actually have a mild...

I would give zero stars if I could. In Dec 2021 my father, a disabled Vietnam veteran with bi-lateral hearing loss, was admitted to MMMC hospital for cardiovascular/vascular specialist care and mild stroke recovery. He had been in a local hospital over 1-1/2 hrs away recovering from Covid that caused his mild stroke and partial paralysis of his left arm. He was there for 7 days where he received Remdisivir. (He battled C19 at home for 5 days prior to being admitted to hospital, receiving monoclonal antibody infusion 3 days prior to admission.) He was improving and doing well. We had been doing PT and he began moving his hands and fingers more. I had been staying with him all day, since day two at our local hospital. Due to our small rural hospital not having access to cardiovascular/vascular and a stroke specialist, they reached out to MMMC. They agreed to take him, providing he had a negative Covid test. He did. He arrived on the 10th. Per our phone conversation, he was felt pretty good that evening. I told him we would be over the next morning to do PT and stay with him for the day. I called to get visiting hours/policy for the ICU. The nurse that answered said a max of 2 and no in/out. That's fine. Upon arrival, we were informed by a nurse, due to hospital policy, he was a COVID patient and could not have visitors. I said, "He doesn't have COVID. He's negative. He's here to see a specialist for cardiovascular/vascular & stroke care." They were very confused. They said since we drove so far, they would allow us to see him but we would not be allowed to return. I informed them that he was a disabled vet with bi-lateral hearing loss and needed a support person with him. We were denied. They said, "They didn't make the rules, they just follow them." I did not argue. We were there from approximately 11:30am to 7:30pm visiting with dad. He had been complaining of his back hurting. They asked me if he had back issues. I said, he has occasional back pain and takes medicine for it. They gave him some medicine and he took a long nap. At this point he hadn't been brought any lunch. Around 2:30pm, two doctors came in. The subject of an advanced directive came up. Dad responded, "That's up to my wife and kids." We have all had this discussion and we as a family knew what steps to take since Dad had afib. He did not sign a DNR. They mentioned he was doing really well, were trying to get him into a stepdown room as soonas one opens up and that was the only reason he was in an ICU room at the moment. At one point my dad wanted to get up. We called nurses station for help. They said for me to help him and not to worry if his alarms start going off. I didn't feel comfortable with helping him walk myself due to his partial paralysis so I helped him setup on side of the bed. Supper came and went. Still no food brought to him, so he had me call nurse station to tell them he hadn't had any food since breakfast that morning. They said they assumed since he didn't eat all of his breakfast, he wasn't very hungry. This was very strange but I shrugged it off and told them he was hungry now and would like his supper. He ate ALL of it! It was around 7:30pm when we left. We were told that we wouldn't be able to return for over 10-days due to Covid patient policy. Once again, he is COVID negative! This upset my dad. We told him bye and that I would call in the morning. I was concerned about him getting proper care and whether or not he would be able to hear and/or understand the medical staff. I received a call at 3:12am that night stating my dad was actively dying and that he signed a DNR and we need to get over there. He passed at 3:36am. We discovered later, upon review of hospital records, he DID NOT have a signed DNR. He became hypotensive around midnight. They gave him epinephrine and he started to stabilize. Around 3:00am, he was given dexmedetomidine (strong sedative) causing his BP to crash. This and no CPR, sadly...