Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Center for Weight Management at St. Francis Hospital
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I have had extremely positive experiences at this hospital from all of my pre-op testing to my surgery. I highly recommend this hospital. I felt very safe and comfortable and the staff went above and beyond my expectations.
I was so impressed the first time I met Dr Houseworth. He is very attentive and never rushed me during a visit. He would come in, sit down and give me his undivided attention. My husband and I did some internet research on Dr Houseworth before we selected him as my surgeon. Dr Houseworth has a very impressive background. His service in the army and the time he spent in Iraq & Afghanistan made us feel like he was the right choice for us. I don't have insurance so I had to pay cash for my surgery. Once I had the money saved up, I was ready to move quickly. Dr Houseworth and his staff worked with me to get it done! I will say that I had a hard time with one of the referrals for the psychiatric evaluation. I wasn't given the correct pricing by the psychiatrist’s office. Because I was paying cash, I couldn't afford what they were charging. Dr Houseworth and his staff did everything to help me find a psychiatrist that I could afford. They even tried to help me schedule the appointment. On the day of surgery, Dr Houseworth was on time and, as always, did everything to make my husband and I feel comfortable. I would highly recommend Dr Houseworth to my friends and family!
dr.houseworth seems like a pretty neat doctor answer any question. staff is wonderful they seem like there used to people calling in and asking all types of question and have the patient. its funny i was sussope to get the other dr.dautry first but he didnt have any opening and now doctor houseworth is mine and i dont think i could ask for a better doc.
Dr. Houseworth is a very personable doctor. He makes you feel welcome and comfortable. Everyone at his office "Institute For Laparoscopic Surgery" is wonderful and very helpful. I can not say anything bad about this doctor or staff.
I would recommend Dr. Houseworth to anyone wanting to have weight loss surgery, there is no need to worry because you will be treated with respect.
The doctor really explained everything from pre surgery on through to after care and years on. He addressed the risks of the surgery and gave me the chance to ask questions. There was never pressure for me to make decisions which I liked.
I am grateful that I found him and chose him to help me start my life over and make this big step to finding me and being able to get healthy.....
Only criticism is that my surgery lasted for almost 8 hours and no-one came to update my family and they were beside themselves in worry.
I was in recovery too long because there were no available rooms until 10pm. This was discouraging because my family couldn't visit.
The night staff seemed to be stretched too thin, with nurse buzzers going off continually and several people resorting to calling out "help me!" throughout the night. The day shift was better.
I had surgery on 2/25/09 at St. Francis. I was Dr. Srikanth's 2nd patient for the day and had to wait until 10:30ish before the pre-op prep started. The only shocker to the prep part was they made me take a pregnancy test... didn't expect that. Because you have to stop drinking fluids at midnight the night prior to surgery, I was slightly dehydrated and the nurse had a difficult time getting my IV in and started... 4 pokes later they finally got a good line in. I was given plenty on warm blankets and hubby was allowed to stay with me. Hubby and I walked to the surgery prep room together where I said "see you later, love ya"and embraced; the nurses showed him the waiting room and I was guided to bed with lots of warm blankets. (they keep it very cold in the surgery areas) A short time later (11:30am) the anesthesiologist spoke with me and I was given something (via my IV) to take the edge off but I wasn't nervous at all I mentioned I had slight pain where my IV was located... it was looked at and was told it looked ok but they would watch it in surgery. Then Dr. S. came by he asked if I had any final questions and made some joke but I was starting to get foggy at this point. Next thing I know I am in a room, hubby looking at me and talking to Dr. S (9:30pm). Later I found out I was in surgery for 6 hours and in recovery for the other few hours but I dint remember any of it. Dr. S. told hubby I needed to be up and walking and sipping... and hubby did that. I couldn't keep the water/ice chips down... it hurt so much to throw them up. I told a nurse that I couldn't sip and she added anti-nausea medication to my IV. I told hubby to go home at about 11:00pm and took a nap. The night shift nurses got me up at about 12:15 to walk and sip. I was still having problems keeping anything down; the nurses looked at my IV and noticed my arm was swollen; my IV had in fact shifted. She moved my IV to my hand and within 15 to 20 minutes I was feeling 100% better. I spent the rest of the night sipping/walking and cat napping. The night shift nurses were so nice and attentive to my every whim. At about 4am the nurses switched my water with the MRI contrast to ensure no leaking (I am gonna be honest it was horrible tasting but I made it thru) Hubby was back at hospital about 8:30 and about 9:00 I was taken for the MRI. Then I just walked/sipped and cat napped the rest of the day. Dr. S couldn't get to the hospital in the morning so about 5ish he came by and discharged me. I took a shower/dressed and by the time I was done my paperwork was almost completed. I think I was home my 7:30.
I had a private room (my insurance required that I stay on the surgical floor of the hospital not the in/out patient area); which was large enough for the bed, TV but I don't watch TV so I read or played cards with hubby on my awake non walking times, a recliner that hubby could have slept in, a single sink and mirror, there was a closet and a area to keep my luggage, the room was large enough to move around in comfortably. The separate bathroom had a standing shower stall and the toilet. The room had a door but I only closed it when I was dressing to go home. Overall, the floor was very quiet and I hardly noticed the other patients. I even asked at one point if I was the only bypass patient cause I never saw anyone else walking thru the night and the nurses seemed to spent most of the night with me. The night shift nurses told me there were 5 other bypass patients from the various physicians that use the hospital. I was amazed because of how quiet it was. The hospital was well staffed with nurses and I never waited for anything... water, broth, Popsicles, oral pain med. I was highly impressed with my care and treatment, the hospital seemed to be a highly tuned, well oiled machine working flawlessly.... for me.