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Aloha
Kuakini
Hospital,
Just
wanted
to
say
how
grateful
I
am
to
have
gone
through
surgery
at
your
facility!
When
I
found
out
that
my
surgeon
here
on
Kauai
was
unable
to
do
a
ostomy
take
down
procedure
due
to
my
myasthenia
gravis
and
the
complexity
of
it,
I
was
terrified
that
I
would
have
to
go
to
Oahu
to
have
it
done.
😵💫
After
meeting
with
my
recommended
surgeon,
Dr
Michael
Rao,
he
immediately
knew
that
I
was
terrified
about
this
operation
and
that
he
was
able
to
calm
my
nerves
and
said
"everything
will
be
alright".
And
let
me
tell
you
that
from
then
on,
it
was
smooth
sailing!!🙂
Upon
checking
in
on
the
day
of
my
surgery
(March
30th),
I
was
greeted
with
aloha
from
the
lady
at
the
check
in
station
who
then
directed
me
to
the
ambulatory
to
prep
me
for
surgery.
There,
the
team
gave
me
a
warm
friendly
welcome
and
wasted
no
time
in
preparation
for
surgery.
I
wish
I
remembered
all
the
names
to
thank
them
all!🙂
After
that,
they
wheeled
me
in
to
the
surgery
room
where
I
layed
there
looking
at
so
many
of
Dr
Rao's
team
and
thinking
🤔
wow,
Im
definitely
in
good
hands!!
I
remembered
right
before
they
gave
me
the
anesthesia,
I
was
listening
to
Christopher
cross,
"sailing"
that
was
playing
in
the
background
that
soothed
my
soul
and
before
the
song
ended,
I
was
out
cold
and
12
hours
later,
woke
up
in
the
critical
care
unit
with
tubes
down
my
throat.
Sorry
Nurse
Koji
if
I
gave
you
a
hard
time!
At
first
I
thought
you
were
a
doctor
and
I
was
in
a
panic
to
get
the
tubes
out
of
me!😲
Thank
you
for
being
so
patient
with
me!
Nurse
Koji
took
great
care
of
me
at
night
and
during
the
day
time,
had
the
most
beautiful,
warm
hearted
and
caring
nurse
anyone
could
ever
wish
for.
Her
name
is
Miki
Tonaki.
Thank
you
so
much
Miki
for
taking
excellent
care
of
me
while
in
the
CCU!!
It's
the
little
things
that
you
do
what
makes
a
patient
smile
like
slicing
my
papaya
for
me
at
breakfast.😊
You
clearly
show
how
much
you
love
and
care
for
your
patients
because
of
your
warm
hearted
soul!
🙏♥️🤗
After
they
moved
me
out
of
the
CCU,
I
moved
twice
to
different
rooms
of
the
hospital
to
recover.
Wish
I
could
remember
the
rest
of
the
nurses
names
but
thank
you
all
who
took
great
care
of
me!!
Others
whom
I
would
like
to
thank
is
all
the
nurses
aids,
the
doctors
who
came
to
check
up
on
me
on
a
daily
basis,
the
"vampires"
who
took
blood
works
without
any
complications,
Darryl
Ching
who
took
the
time
out
to
accommodate
my
wife
and
I
a
place
to
stay
during
my
surgery,
the
food
servers
who
came
to
deliver
each
meal
with
a
smile
and
hats
off
to
all
the
chefs
at
Kuakini
for
making
excellent
meals
each
day
from
liquid
diets
to
solid
onolicious
meals!!😋
Was
Soo
good
that
I
forgot
I
was
in
a
hospital!
🤣
Most
of
all,
thank
you
Dr
Rao
for
a
smooth
sailing
surgery!
I
would
highly
recommend
anyone
who
would
go
through
similar
surgery
to
go
through
him!
Also,
thankyou
Jan,
Lei
and
the
rest
of
your
team
up
on
the
5th
floor
infusion
center
for
taking
care
of
me
twice
to
do
my
IVIG
treatment
and
making
me
feel
comfortable
during
those
times.🙏♥️
Thank
you
Dr
Kimata,
my
neurologist
at
Kuakini
for
my
ongoing
care
for
my
myasthenia
gravis!🙏♥️
Thank
you
Kuakini
Hospital
for
the
excellent
services
you
provide!
You
saved
my
life
twice!
The
first
time
was
when
I
was
six
years
old,
my
mother
found
me
playing
with
an
empty
bottle
of
st.joseph
aspirin
which
I
had
gotten
from
her
medicine
cabinet
and
crunched
it
down
like
candy!
My
parents
rushed
me
to
Kuakini
Hospital
to
have
it
pumped
out
of
me.
Later
on
they
came
to
pick
me
up
and
found
me
following
a
cute
nurse
going
in
and
out
of
the
patient
rooms.
😂
I
also
thank
my
heavenly
father
each
day
for
allowing
me
to
continue
to
live
on
this
beautiful
earth
🌎
Mahalo
nui
and
Aloha!!
🙏♥️🤗
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