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| - I do not recommend Dr.Butler-Poku at all. I am a Medical Professional with 17 years of experience: I know how doctors and their staff are supposed to treat their patients; I know all the "behind the scenes" stuff...and I became pregnant with twins in April of 2017. It was my second pregnancy. We had just bought a house in San Tan Valley, so I found her because she was the closest OB/GYN to my new house, we only have one vehicle, and I was incredibly sick. It took her 4 hospital admissions (she literally forgot I was there one of those times, and I ended up staying two days longer than I should have because she didn't even know I was there still: THIS is how unorganized she and her entire office are.), 12 ER visits, an ambulance ride, me losing 15 pounds (all of this in a roughly 5-6 week period) and me literally begging for her help before she bothered to diagnose me with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, something I knew I had before I ever even saw her... FINALLY she ordered a PICC line (24hour IV that I went home with) and Zofran Pump in my stomach. (I didn't need both: she could have[SHOULD HAVE] just put the Zofran in my iv.) The constant vomiting and dehydration eased a little, but then I started bleeding. For two months, at every single appointment, I would express my concern that I was bleeding heavier and heavier, clotting badly, cramping... as a medical professional, and someone who has been pregnant before, I know these are not normal symptoms. Every time I would show worry, she would shake her head, and literally laugh at me, chuckling saying, "It's normal with multiples, there's nothing I can do." All she ever did was the most basic in-office ultrasound to check for heartbeats. She never did a pelvic exam, or even a visual exam! She never referred me to high-risk OB (I am 36 so I'm already high risk and, come to find out, should have been sent there the moment we found out it was twins.) She never ordered any more extensive testing, nothing... she just laughed. Every single week, she made me feel like I was overreacting, like I was being ridiculous. Then one morning in late August, I woke up to contractions... again.. she had made me feel stupid for bringing this up at our last appointment so I just dealt with it, because she had told me it was Braxton Hicks.. 4 hours later, I had given birth to one of my boys on my bathroom floor. I was only 20 weeks pregnant. He was born asleep. I was rushed to the hospital and labored the entire day and night. My other baby boy was born asleep early the next morning.... if Dr. Butler-Poku had listened to even ONE of my MANY valid concerns, maybe my boys would be alive today. She is NOT compassionate. She does NOT listen to her patients. She has NO BUSINESS being an OB/GYN. She has a pleasant enough bedside manner but if you have ANYTHING other than a perfectly healthy, normal reproductive system and/or pregnancy, find a better doctor. Even her staff leaves something to be desired. I had to call her Medical Assistant roughly 3 times a week to remind her of what I needed ordered because of all of my medical supplies, equipment, and prescriptions. I should not have had to do these peoples' jobs for them, and my boys should NOT have died. I am working on filing a formal complaint against her. I just thought I'd share my story in the hopes that other women don't end up making the same mistakes I did. My life will never be the same.
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