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@sperio Hi, yes 5 days or more. They wanted to send my husband home early. I looked at my husband’s feet and one was blown up like a balloon. I insisted a medical doctor look at him. He had blood clots in his knee and one in his lung. He stayed a couple days more. I noticed that the surgeons ( and apparently nurses) don’t assess the patient holistically, they don’t look at the entire body and they don’t sign on medical doctors initially. They tried to keep only the surgeon and his residents on our case. Medical doctors on the case can make a difference on checking you out. This was at renown Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.

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@skybolt I appreciate your response. The nature of most surgeons is to operate. Managing can sometimes not be part of their DNA. As a patient in today's healthcare world, one must us AI and question. If you do not, do not expect proactive care unless you are fortunate to have internal medicine involved .