I had rotator cuff surgery done at Highland Park Hospital on 7/3/18. Everything this woman did to me, had to be re-done! My neck catheter (for 3 days of post-op pain meds) must have been inserted incorrectly. Nurses noticed it was bleeding all over me prior to surgery, so it had to be re-anchored by Dr. Kulkarni, and of course it did not deliver the pain medicine to my arm, but instead just made my chin and neck numb.
Then, just as she was about to put me under, she puts a mask on my face and tells me to breathe deeply. The mask stuck to my face because she forgot to turn the oxygen on! Heard her say, "WHOOPS!" and she flipped a switch and I could breathe. This is your freakin JOB lady! My father is a surgeon and I am telling you NO COMPETENT M.D. SAYS WHOOPS IN AN O.R.!
When they woke me in recovery and asked how my pain level was on a scale from 1 to 10, I had to honestly scream that I was at a pain level of 50!!!! The nurses were awesome in tracking down Dr. Kulkarni to give me another block, SINCE THE FIRST ONE SHE DID OBVIOUSLY FAILED!!!
What all of this incompetency lead to was a horrible surgical experience;
a ridiculously long recovery time; which lead to me having to be on pain meds too long; which lead to an impacted bowel; which lead to a 5 hour experience in the ER to relieve that!
PEOPLE IF YOU ARE FACING A SURGERY AT HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL, I ADVISE YOU TO ASK YOUR SURGEON FAR IN ADVANCE WHO THEY WILL BE USING ON YOU FOR ANESTHESIA BECAUSE THIS DOCTOR SHOULD NOT BE WORKING ON HUMAN BEINGS!!!

Submitted July 16, 2018