THE NEW YEAR GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START FOR SCOTT WOLFE. In early January, the welder and fabricator was heading back home with his son after picking up his toolbox, when he started feeling sick. “I got a little sweaty and started feeling really bad and just had to pull over on the side of the road.” Scott says it was all he could do to get back to his home in Madison County. That was the beginning of a long and painful night. The next morning, he went to see his doctor who said he needed to go to the emergency room. Scott asked the office to call AdventHealth to let them know he was coming. AdventHealth’s ER is twice as a far away as the closest ER to Scott. But he said the extra miles were not an issue because he knew the type of care he wanted. “At AdventHealth I know what kind of care I’ll get there. And I know they’re good and efficient. I like them. So, my doctor sent me there.” Scott’s wife, Elizabeth, drove him the 36 miles to get him to AdventHealth in Hendersonville. “Within 20 minutes I had been triaged with the nurse and was back in a room in the ER.”
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What was happening was Scott had a bowel blockage and the doctor was admitting him into the hospital. “They told me they were going to admit me. Two nurses came in to explain the tube they had to put in my nose and how uncomfortable it would be. Then they got me dressed and ready to go upstairs.” The physician in the ER called in AdventHealth Medical Group Surgery Specialist, David Onofrey, MD, FACS. Scott was ready to get a quick fix to the problem. Dr. Onofrey walked him through the options and explained why surgery was not the first choice. Within three days of the treatment Dr. Onofrey recommended, Scott was grateful to have the blockage solved without having to recover from a major abdominal surgery. He was back home in Madison County and taking the next steps to get to the cause of the problems that had been troubling him for about four years.
I’ve already recommended AdventHealth to several people. And I will do it again.
Even though he was still — Scott experiencing the incredible pain, Scott says he did get some relief from the start. “I was relieved when I realized they were listening. I think a person knows his or her own body better than anyone. So, it was a relief when they listened to me.” Scott shares he has been to some hospitals where it seemed they valued their own agenda with not much interest in listening to what the patient had to say. After Scott shared his symptoms and other details, the ER doctor determined Scott needed a CT scan. “I got the scan within 5 minutes of the doctor suggesting it. And it was probably less than 30 minutes after that when we knew what was happening.”
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Now, several months later, Scott continues to stand by his decision to travel further to get the emergency care he needed, the way he wanted. “It’s like the old adage you get what you pay for – great care. Efficient, fast and great care. At the follow-up visit with Dr. Onofrey, he said we will get it figured out and get it figured out soon. It was reassuring.”
Scott says he is back to about 90-percent. Instead of struggling to feel up to doing things like going out and playing basketball or riding motorcycles with his son, he is now looking forward to those important moments to make lasting memories. “Sometimes it would make it to feel like I didn’t want to do as much as I normally would. I have a 14-year-old, so you know they’re pretty demanding.” Scott also told us his wife has come up with a new “Honey Do” list now that he’s closing in on a full recovery.
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