My mother, Pam Smith, was admitted to TriStar Hendersonville Hospital on 1/15/2022 due to issues breathing.  Upon her admission, the staff subjected her to a C19 test which was supposedly positive.  Unfortunately, I was living in Denver at the time and unable to confirm first hand the actual events.  My mother’s health seemed to improve until she had an incident in the bathroom one night prompting them to move her to the ICU on 1/21/2022.

Most of the staff seemed like they genuinely cared, but there were some doctors that made me really nervous.  I spent as much time with her as possible trying to help her eat, practice breathing exercises, etc., but noticed her slowly requiring more and more breathing support via the machines.  I also noticed she stopped vacating her bladder as much which worried me because it told me her internal organs were likely shutting down.  While we had some days where she seemed to improve, she was ultimately on a downward decline until they had to intubate her.

The doctor initially felt it would be temporary, but that optimism was short-lived as she continued to struggle.  At one point, I begged them to try Ivermectin and/or Hydroxychloroquine, but they refused saying they weren’t proven drugs and that the side effects were unknown.  I quickly responded by saying the same about Remdesivir which they told me wasn’t true and that it was a proven drug approved by the NIH, CDC, etc. as part of the C19 hospital protocols.  I told them that President Trump had signed the Right To Try Bill, but they told me it wasn’t applicable in my mom’s situation.  Essentially, they didn’t really want to help her and their responses to my concerns confirmed my fears that she was going to be another notch on their belt and that the hospital would receive payout for.