Dr Harold Picus, Dr Larry Joe Russell, Care Partners and Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Last year at this time i knew nothing about any of them. How it all began.
It was a year ago today September 7, 2011. At 5:00 in the morning, my wife and I picked my Mother up at her home, to take her to Mission Hospital. She had scheduled surgery to remove a tumor from her pitituary gland. She made the decision to have the surgery for two different reasons. One was her fear that the tumor was pressing on the optic nerves, and they had told her if she didn't have the surgery, she would go blind. The second reason, was her fear that her medicare benefits would be taken away by the politicians.
The surgery is fairly common, and the survival rate is high. The tumor was not cancer. The recovery period varies but it commonly takes up to two months or longer.
The surgery was done by Dr.Harold Picus, at Mission hospital in Asheville NC. My brother met my wife and I at the hospital, and we were each allowed to visit with Mom before they took her in for the surgery. After the surgery, Dr. Picus met with us and told us that everything went well, and they were able to sucessfully remove the entire tumor. He also said that he expected a full recovery. It was later that evening before we were allowed to see Mom. It was shocking to see the staples in the side of her head, but we were all glad to see her.
After her stay at Mission Hospital, she was sent to Care partners in Asheville. At care partners, she was able to walk with minimal help. She was seeing a physical therapist and an occupational therapist. All the doctors, said they expected a full recovery.
After care partners, she went home. All my sisters, and my brother and our spouses, were taking turns helping out with Moms needs. She ended up back in Mission Hospital, due to extreme pain due to hemmeroids. After her stay in Mission, she was sent to Hendersonville Health and rehabilitation, in Hendersonville NC. a Sanstone Property.
Mom was continuing to recover, she started eating more, gained back some of the weight she had lost, and according to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation and the therapists there, she had achieved the goals they had set for her. Mom was scheduled to come home on November 3, 2011.
At around 5:00 am on November 3, 2011, I received a call from Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. The caller told me that Mom was having trouble breathing, and that I should get there as soon as possible. When I arrived, they met me at the door and told me that she had stopped breathing and her heart had stopped. They had started cpr and transported her to Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville NC.
It was at Pardee Hospital that I was told that Mom had passed away.
I still do not know what happened during her stay at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. I know that I have been lied to by almsot everyone I have spoken to at that facility.
 Mom was supposed to come home that day.