No, you were perfectly clear. In your other post, you suggested that FL was not as good as other places. I get it, you think medical care is better up north and you cherry picked some hospital ratings to support your argument. I don’t happen to agree with the suggestion that “up north” is “better”, and I grew up in the north. Regarding your statement that you think Shands, Mayo, and Moffitt are “good”, as opposed to “very good” or “excellent”, what do you base this opinion on? I happen to think they are excellent based on having been at those facilities.
Quote:
Originally Posted by graciegirl
I think I may have not been clear.
I have been involved with a group of parents for more than thirty years whose children were born with very unusual and very involved cardiovascular problems that last all of their lives. Adequate care or even good care is not good enough for them. We continue to take our daughter to Cincinnati Childrens Adult Cardiology Clinic because of her unusual plumbing and need for expert anesthesia care.* Some Children with Williams Syndrome have died from heart surgery performed at smaller, less experienced hospitals.
I was hospitalized a year ago here, quite unexpectedly and spent a week in Critical Care and I received excellent care at TVRH . I felt the nurses there were superior in every way and caught things the doctors did not.
I think TVRH is a decent hospital for most things.
I think that The Villages has adequate health care and I think that the hospitals that you mentioned, Moffitt, Shands, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville are good. We are very lucky that our company insurance pays for our daughters very specific needs at her age of 53.
* Anesthesia Concerns | Williams Syndrome Association |