Dr Larry Joe Russell supposedly saw my Mom at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation a year ago today. According to their records, Mom was doing much better. She was getting her strength back, and participating in physical therapy. She was eating better, at least when she was able to see her food. For the first time, she was actually getting better.
 Mom was looking better than she had since her surgery. She was going up and down the halls with her walker, doing her time on the exercise bike and trying to get out of Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation and go home. She had been through hell since her surgery on September seventh, ups and downs at Memorial Mission and a terrible time at Care Partners. This time she was really improving. There was still some work to be done, but Mom was doing her part.
We were able to take Mom to see her grandson perform in the high school orchestra. On the way back to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation Mom wanted to stop for dessert. We stopped at Sonic and got ice cream on the way back. Mom made sure someone brought her candy for trick or treaters at Halloween. All the Grandchildren, were there to visit for halloween.
There was some disagreement amongst the siblings, about where Mom would be better off when she left Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Finally, the family was able to put Moms needs first and it was decided what was best for her. My sisters made sure that Mom had all the supplies she needed to go home. The afternoon before Mom was to be discharged, my wife and son picked Mom up at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. Mom wanted to go to the bank, to get her finances in order before she went home. Next stop, Walmart, Mom wanted a new pair of jeans and top to wear home. She seemed fine, and was glad to finally be going home.
I had seen Mom that morning, and since she was going to be going home that day, I did not make my usual afternoon visit. If I knew what was to come, nothing could have kept me away.
November 3, 2011, around 5:07 am I got the call that you never want to get. The person on the other end of the line said that Mom was not breathing and they were trying to resusitate her. She never took another breath.
Larry Joe Russell signed the death certificate. According to the NC State Medical Examiners office, any death not directly related to the condition the doctor is treating a patient for, should be investigated. That would mean Moms death should have been investigated, but as we have been told repeatedly, old people die.
My Mom was supposed to go home that day. Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation has been not too honest about the events leading up to Mom's death.
I am looking for anyone who had a questionable experience with Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, SanStone, Christopher Sprenger, Michael Deloach, Gerald P. Cox, Pardee Hospital, BeyStone, Universal Healthcare, Omnicare, Beverley Healthcare, Integrated Healthcare, Omega Health or any nursing home in the Country. Please message me on this blog, and we can help.
Mom was supposed to come home the day she died! There was no explanation given as to why she might have died!