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Stephanie Perri
Mar 6, 2026
Thanksgiving of 2024 I was admitted to this hospital with an extremely horrific infection in my abdomen from a previous hernia surgery. I was so scared because I was away from home, and my husband couldn’t stay with me because he had to stay with our babies.. in the ER waiting room, the lady working checked on me 20 times, brought me Kleenex and water and just assured me they were taking me back soon. Another sweet lady that was waiting for her husband, came to me, held my hand and tried to have conversations with me about my children to keep my mind off of the pain. Once I went back, the doctor came and talked to me, I was sent for scans, then he told I had to have emergency surgery in the morning. I was so scared, I was crying my eyes out… my mom immediately started the drive down to help us.. but I had to go into surgery all by myself the next morning. Dr. Sharpe was amazing!!! They saw how scared I was and even called my husband to let me talk to him before going in… and he called and updated my husband right after. I woke up to a gaping open wound in my abdomen and them explaining that it would have to stay open and heal from inside out… and that I would have to have one more surgery to make sure they got the entire infection before I went home. My entire family came and spent Thanksgiving with me in the hospital.. the staff was so welcoming. But when I would start crying and freaking out about missing my husband and kids and wanting to go home, the nurses would come hold my hand, sit with me, talk to me, make me laugh… they were just all amazing. I’ve never experienced anything like that in any of my hospital stays! They taught my husband how to clean my wound for me, and were just so sweet and gentle. I don’t remember the floor (maybe 5w) but I wrote down some of the AMAZING NURSES and wanted to give shout outs to : Leslie, Jackie, Mahila, Ashley, Kammie, John, Denise, Edna & Richard!!! You guys all brought light to a dark time, made me laugh when I was scared, checked on me constantly and even just came and hung out with me when you could tell I was feeling alone… you were all so selfless, empathetic and so amazing to me. I’ll never forget any of you!! God bless you all!!! And especially DR. SHARPE!! You saved my life and I’m so grateful and thankful to you! I should’ve written this a long time ago, but life got away from me.