1 /5 All Things Ables: My youngest daughter had a tonsillectomy performed by Dr. Hutcheson. We chose Dr Hutcheson because we had a great experience with him with our oldest daughter. Biggest difference in the two experiences: our oldest daughter received pain medication while our youngest daughter did not.
As a mom of 3, I’ve had a lot of scary nights with sick children in my life, I’ve never had a child in so much pain that they are hysterical like I did last night. I have also NEVER had a kid sent home from a medical setting with something as mild as a broken bone without some type of mild pain medication like Tylenol 3. I was in shock when we weren’t sent home with pain medication.
I didn’t say anything because I trust good doctors and nurses. I thought the doctors and nurses knew what they were talking about. If any of the medical staff were the parent in this situation, they would be pitching a fit. My daughter can’t follow doctor’s instructions about not coughing and blowing her nose when her pain is so intense that she’s hysterical. This is also a child that can skin her knee and be bleeding and not shed a tear. Past the age of 3, I can think of very few times she has ever cried from any type of pain.
I’m in shock at how little Dr Hutcheson and his nurse, Montana, care about the fact that one of their patients is in so much pain over night that she’s hysterical. They informed me that the only way she would get something with a strength similar to Tylenol 3 would be by going to a hospital.
I understand the opioid crisis, and I understand needing to tighten up what is being prescribed, but my child crying hysterically for hours in the middle of the night after she has surgery is unacceptable.
I will NEVER recommend Dr. Hutcheson, his associates, or the Texarkana Surgery Center after this horrific experience. Not only is their bedside manner lackluster, but their care for the patients post op is horrible.