Lake Forest Hospital

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Gini Cooper

If I could give a negative five I would. Anyone looking for a natural, noninvasive childbirth experience "DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GO TO THIS HOSPITAL!" I have had 7 children 4 birthed at hospitals, 1 at a birthing center and 2 at home, I know about childbirth. This experience was my daughter and son in-laws nightmare experience, first child, it should be a time of joy. The OB respected my daughters birth plan and she was great. The nurses were great and caring, however 4 nurses at the birth of one child is unnecessary. They also didnt give her any guidance whatsoever, which I was able to do, that wasnt required. However I wasnt able to stand at her bedside because there were to many nurses. Now the nightmare. I and no one else that I know have ever heard of a pediatrician being on call at a hospital to be at every birth. Most hospitals they are on call in case of an emergency, but they have a pediatrician at every birth. The pediatrician took over the care of my grandson completely, my daughter had two minutes with him. Everyone who has any 21st century knowledge of babies and mommies at birth know that skin to skin is what regulates a babys breathing. I had this experience twice where my children came out breathing rapidly, one of them had bubbles in their mouth so the skin on skin face down took care of it while baby was watched by mommy and nurses. My grandson, with the same experience was whisked away to the special care nursery, given oxygen, IV glucose (they never explained this one), started on antibiotics even though they were in the process of testing. All tests came back negative, no fluid on lungs, no infection. They ran another blood test because they didnt believe the first one. All the while baby is kept from mommy till I made them let her have skin to skin time. Respirations were normal after just a few hours but he was kept on oxygen another day and a half "just in case", all the while he is still being given antibiotics as well, "just in case!". Second test came back negative. In the mean time my daughter wanted a vitamin K shot without preservatives or the oral k, the pediatrician we are currently reporting said the oral k is not good enough and you take the shot they have. She called my daughter and son-inlaw negligent parents and called DCFS, YES YOU READ IT RIGHT! SHE CALLED DCFS BECAUSE THEY WANTED A NONTOXIC OPTION FOR THEIR CHILD!! The vitamin K is not mandated in the state of Illinois and it just so happens that Lake Forest Hospital has the preservative free shot. She never bothered to look! All the while well into his first day all we are hearing from the nurses is how well he is doing. Numbers are great. By this time Im consulting with nurses who dont work there with what his numbers are and Im hearing from everyone that he should no longer be on oxygen, he never should have been hooked up to IV or given antibiotics. And definitely should not have had DCFS called! The third day we are told he has to stay for another day, that would be four days for observation. Well that was the last straw!! I called a lawyer, asked for records, called a meeting with head of department. Iam in the process of filling out paperwork to report this doctor and it looks like it is a group of pediatricians that are on call, and they are all in one accord with this standard practice of taking the children from their moms. We were discharged that night to go home. When we left, the nursery was full with not one empty bed. My last 3 grandchildren were born at Christ Advocate Sherman and the babys never left the room. This birth was no different than those births, he breathing was just a little rapid because he had to get his lungs working. He cried strong and hard for some time which is also what clears everything. Beware of the social worker as well, they show up right before the DCFS worker. She profiled us, I know because she asked two personal questions of me she should have never asked, then met with the worker, I saw her take him back to meet with him. BEWARE!!!!

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A Kasper

I went in to lf hospital yesterday because of really bad abdomen pain. This is actually the first time Ive ever wrote a review but I wanted to thank the staff from the doc to the nurse to the guy who wheeled me in. Everyone was very friendly and caring. Plus I met a really cute volunteer girl of my nationality with whom I got to chat for a while. To the people who complain about long wait times, this is a hospital not an oil change... The nurses especially are overworked and often underpaid for what they do. Unless youre on your deathbed, be patient and wait your turn. Theres other people who have far more serious conditions from complicated pregnancies to senior citizens to car accident victims. If you can manage to play Tetris on your cell phone you are not their top priority nor is your pain a 10. Most importantly be honest about everything - medicine, past conditions, lifestyle. The staff isnt there to judge you not play detective - theyre there to treat and help you feel better and it makes their job 10x harder if youre dishonest.

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Lia Smith

My Fiance has been in ICU for 18days today on a ventilator. We have children and I work full time so I am not able to be there as much as Id like, and a couple of times I couldnt visit at all. When I call the nurses seem irritated. They are rude. It has gotten to the point where I try to wait until 10am before even calling the first time for an update since they make me feel like I am inconveniencing them, and even still, the nurse today, Yana, or however you spell it kept saying "ok thanks good-bye" multiple times while I was still talking and asking questions just for her to hang up on me. I will be writing or calling the Director of Nursing, Candice Krill, and making a formal complaint. I am so upset with the way things are being handled and how I am being treated because we are not married yet - however I AM ALL HE HAS HERE! I have his kids, we are engaged every other family member lives in Arizona...and he has abruptly been taken from us, if you are in the medical field, you should have more compassion for situations such as this.

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Stana Emmerson

I have to say my experience was not a positive one. Im going to try to keep this short. I went in for back and chest pain. Ended up with a steroid shot in my back. I was told there would be some pain for a few days. "Some" pain turned out to be excruciating pain and burning followed by shortness of breath, horrible headache and side pain. I couldnt sleep from all the pain. I was given a pain patch that I was told would work for 3 days - they removed it 12 hours later. I kept telling nurses and doctors that something was terribly wrong but they brushed me off and told me it was normal and I needed to suck it up for 3-5 days. They sent me home with gabapentin, Tylenol and Motrin. Before I left I said again that something was terribly wrong but no one listened. Fast forward a few hours - Im back in the ER (not theirs this time) and it turns out I wasnt just whining, I was having a bad reaction to the shot. Thanks Lake Forest, your attendants were way more concerned about my health than your doctors were.

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