lau227

07-18-2021

Services Used: Inpatient

It was January 16 2006 I was admitted to Mercy with life threatening illnesses, infectious right-sided endocarditis, septice shock and triple pneumonia, I was to dang sick to die, and I at that moment didn't care if I lived or died I was sick. Dr. Kurt Mehl was one of the most compassionate Doctors there are on this earth. Everyday he would come sit by me and first look at my fingertips for as he referred to them for splinters on the tips (Dr. Mehl always spoke to me on a level I could as a patient with no medical knowledge) always took the extra time out of his mornings to check on his patients and literally visited with me. I was very withdrawn from everyone I had little to say but Dr. Mehl had this way about making me soon trust him, I finally felt I could talk to him I trusted this man with my life and rightfully so, he was one of a very few reasons I decided I wanted to live I wanted to try and walk out of the hospital a whole person. After 6 months a lot of tears and more pain than many people will ever understand, I knew pain and I knew it all to well. Dr. Mehl was always amazed with me and he told me he was a heartbeat of at times 230 he was sure I'd blow my heart up if they didn't find an antibiotic that my body wouldn't reject, my infectious disease Dr finally found one, I can remember hearing the Drs telling my husband I don't think your wife will make it through the night for the first week, Mercy I can say without hesitation has some of the best Doctors that God could have placed on this earth, but Dr. Mehl was a Doctor I've since the day I unfortunately released myself have always wanted to find anyway possible to tell him Thank You for saving my life, thank you for being a human thank you for the sincere concern you had for my we'll bring. I left weighing all of 73 pounds I suffered such depression towards the end of my stay I stopped most all my communication from the world, I am so truly sorry, I've called your office more times than you will ever know to just tell you Doctor Kurt Mehl thank you, you impacted my life forever and I pray someway someone will read this post and point it out so you can say awe yes I remember Laura and yes she was so sick we just didn't think she would make it as you said many times tough little girl. Thank you for everything you did for my survival, it's been a decade it's been good up till a few years ago and I again need you I'm desperately seeking your care again, I've been blessed to raise since the second my granddaughter came C-section and she has tons of disabilities and it's not exactly a good time for me to leave yet, I hope I can have a Dr I can honestly say I've trusted with all my heart technically now I only have half a heart the right side had died. I pray if someone reads my post they will see to it Dr. Mehl sees this he is one of my very few heros in my life, a true hero he is. Your patient your forever grateful patient as well. Laura Caudle

• Date Visited 01-2006
• Overall Satisfaction
• Explanation of diagnosis and Treatment Plan
• Trust in Provider
• Procedural Skills