Rooms private at Mayo Phoenix?

I apologize for tagging you on this, @colleenyoung but you seem so knowledgeable (I've been coming across your posts since we first asked to be seen at Mayo back in June!).

Do you know if this is a question the Patient Experience center can answer? Or if we should just ask his care team directly? I don't like bugging them, but trying to plan for things.

Thanks!

That sounds like a care team question. Also they need to qualify "recovery" room.
Best!

@delphiniums, hospital rooms are private, but I'm not sure about ICU and recovery rooms. Like @annshrader says, when you ask, you can clarify recovery stages.

I suggest contacting Mayo Clinic Concierge Services https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/minnesota/concierge-services
By phone 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time, Monday-Friday: 507-538-8438
Email: concierge@mayo.edu

I'm also tagging some fellow AZ patients like @danab @estrada53 @scottij @dandl48 @mercuryrose @waynen @lilymol to share their experiences.

You might also appreciate this discussion as you prepare:
- Your travel tips for Mayo Clinic in Phoenix and Scottsdale please: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-travel-phoenix-scottsdale-clinics/

@delphiniums Recovery rooms aren't private but do have curtains between beds. That's all I'm familiar with.

I had a Heart transplant at Phoenix and yes, all the rooms I was in were private and ICU also. As for recovery for day type surgery no its an area with curtains between recovery rooms. the private rooms is mainly for in-patient hospital stays. Based on the surgery your Husband is having I would guess He would stay a few days at least. But if you have access to the patient portal already you can send messages to the doctor's staff who are handling your husbands' surgery.
Good Luck and your at one of the Best Hospitals I have ever been to and Ive been in several.

Dana, your words of reassurance truly mean the world at this time with everything feeling so uncertain. I'm so blessed that we're able to go to Mayo. Thank you for sharing your experience.

All I can share with you is that your Mayo experience will ruin any other medical experience you have had or will have. From top to bottom, there is a pervasive culture of care. Somehow Mayo has figured out how to be efficient without sacrificing effectiveness. I assume you are the designated caregiver once you leave the hospital. You might want to look into caregiver support groups depending on how difficult your husband's recovery is.

Good luck,
Best always,
s!
Scott Jensen

Oh I sincerely have no doubt. His *100% virtual* follow-up care alone has proved it. A Mayo nurse has been messaging him almost every week since his in-person visit in August to titrate his heart medications, write lab orders for bloodwork, discuss his BPs and symptoms — it's far more than any doctor or facility has ever provided to him.

His local cardiologist only wanted to see him every three months and didn't want labs in between. I can't imagine what mess we'd be in if we had kept relying on that doctor (who also didn't even want to order the heart cath that discovered these blockages, that was all Mayo too).

Only ever heard good things about Mayo's quality and attentiveness.