I went to Manatee Memorial Hospital when i gave birth to my daughter. I was a scheduled c-section so i went there the day before to "enroll" myself for "boot camp". When i returned the next day at... More

I went to Manatee Memorial Hospital when i gave birth to my daughter. I was a scheduled c-section so i went there the day before to "enroll" myself for "boot camp". When i returned the next day at 5:00am all the same people were there for the previous day and remembered me! I was very surprised they were welcoming me like i worked there. It made me feel special. I then went into my "yoga" room ( prepping room ) and i was then told about the surgery i would "ENJOY". The nurses then took me into the surgery area when i was then STABBED in the back! It didn't hurt too bad it just burned. Also in the room with me was about 4 other students for a local college called MCC( Manatee Community College). I didn't mind them being in there. I actually asked them questions the whole time. iT was great. After about 15 min of "healing" i was moved into my room where i went into shock and needed my "Drug dealer" back before i died of pain. Once i was moved into my Single room....I was just OVERLY hungry like i hadn't eat in MONTHS!!! I'm not joking every 6 min the nurses would come in a check on me and i would ask for 2 orange juices, 2 apple juices, 2 cranberry juices, and 2 whole milks. Then i began to rob them of all the Graham crackers they had on them. By the time they would come back with my demands of more grahams i would have their Hostages already guzzled up! I felt like i was just eating ALL their food... But i wasn't... The Nurses at Manatee memorial Hospital in Bradenton Florida ( off of SR 64 or Manatee Ave. ARE WONDERFUL!. One thing i thought was amazing... i had my first son at the same hospital 7 years prior and ONE nurse remembered me. SHe even remembered my name! NOW THAT i do believe is a TRUE nurse. I did feel like a queen in her castle!
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I just had to take my son here to the ER and we had to wait forever. He was throwing up blood which is why I took him there. I wasnt the only one there with a baby but we had to wait for more than 4... More

I just had to take my son here to the ER and we had to wait forever. He was throwing up blood which is why I took him there. I wasnt the only one there with a baby but we had to wait for more than 4 hours. I was about to go home. I was so tired and to get anything was like cutting your arm off. I walked in at 11pm and left the next morning at 430 am. I was one of the last to be seen even though there werent that many people in front of us when we got there. I was very disappointed. My son was burning up with fever and it was taking forever. Then they took xrays and the man told me I was going to have to hold him still. I informed him that at the pediatricians office it took two of us and rudely he said well not here you do it yourself if you want it done. Then he found out that he was going to have to help me. (there were 3 people in xray that night) Then they read the xrays clear when in fact my son had pneumonia (found that out at the pediatricians office.) They also sent our test results to the wrong pediatricians office.
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