Keith And Shackur Relationship
The relationship of a caregiver and patient is one that can leave a lasting impression on a person. The relationships that Keith and Sandra Stanek have with Dr. Salim Shackour and Dr. James Spadero at Phelps County Regional Medical Center are filled with positive comments and praise.
Keith Stanek started seeing Dr. Shackour about a decade ago. Keith was one of his first patients.
“The thing that impresses me the most about Dr. Shackour is as soon as you tell him what your problem is he has a plan for what to do almost immediately,” said Keith. “It’s almost nonhuman and more like a response from a computer,” said Keith. “It’s the only way I could describe it.”
On numerous occasions, Keith has come to the hospital with problems and Dr. Shackour always had a plan of action for his troubles. At one point, Keith was having trouble with his stomach and it persisted for quite a while. Dr. Shackour …show more content…
asked if there were any triggers and Keith mentioned coffee.
“He told me to give up coffee so now I just have my tea,” said Keith.
He went through a long list of things to try and do and within a week Keith’s stomach problems cleared up.
“I don’t know many doctors that focus on your problems the way he does,” said Keith. “He must have a nearly photographic memory because all the names of the medications are right on the tip of his tongue.”
About a year ago, Keith was having problems when he would bend over and difficulties breathing. One night he took off his shoes and told Sandra, his wife, that he could barely breathe. The Staneks ended up in the ER to have Keith’s condition evaluated. Keith had fluid in his lungs and a touch of pneumonia. Keith received treatments before returning home. The next day Sandra called Dr. Shackour to discuss Keith’s condition and Dr. Shackour received the X-rays to look them over.
After reviewing the X-rays, Dr. Shackour noticed a large tumor (which later turned out to be cancerous) on one of his non transplant kidneys and a few spots on Keith’s right lung. Since Keith is a transplant patient from Barnes Hospital, he traveled to Barnes to have the doctors there review him as well due to the protocol associated with Keith as a kidney transplant recipient. Keith ended up having the kidney removed. If Dr. Shackour had not viewed the X-rays then it would have slipped through the cracks and his cancer would have spread.
Numerous previous x-ray scans from many hospitals had passed over the tumor. Keith said sometimes you tend to overlook things when it is not what you are looking for, but in this instance it just points out the thoroughness of Dr. Shackour.
“There were so many times I would tell Dr. Shackour that this was a problem and he would immediately have a plan of action,” said Keith. “They always worked. I just feel like I couldn’t be in better hands. I had a previous doctor who I never thought I would have had a better doctor after him, but Dr. Shackour is as good, if not better. Dr. Shackour is what the practice of medicine is all about. He is very patient-oriented and there to help people and he does a good job.”
Dr. James Spadero has been the Staneks doctor since 1996 after Keith’s first bypass surgery. Keith’s secretary called Sandra and told her that there was something wrong with Keith. He was very dizzy and had fallen at work. Sandra picked up Keith and immediately called Dr. Spadero’s office and told them the conditions. Dr. Spadero wanted to see him right away and told him it was time to see someone about a bypass surgery. He connected the Staneks with doctors at Missouri Baptist to schedule a surgery.
A short while later, Dr. Spadero called Sandra and asked if Keith would mind if he looked over some of his old x-rays. After reviewing old x-rays, Dr. Spadero discovered Keith had a tumor on his lungs. An MRI confirmed it and Dr. Spadero called up a fellow colleague to tell him about the situation and the old X-rays. The colleague asked if he could take all the information to a conference where they review special cases. The entire group came to a consensus that Keith needed a bypass surgery.
Sandra expressed concern over the spot on Keith’s lungs and asked Dr.
Spadero if they could take it out while proceeding with the bypass surgery. The surgery was a successful bypass and during the process they also removed the tumor on his lung which was critical since the tumor ended up being carcinogenic.
Later on, Keith started to deteriorate and grew progressively worse the years after his bypass. Dr. Spadero told him it was time for Keith to get a pacemaker. After receiving the pacemaker, Keith felt better and now has more energy and life. It ultimately changed his life.
Sandra’s encounter with Dr. Spadero was in September 2006. Sandra was clipping the hedges out in her yard. Sandra started feeling exhausted and could hardly walk. Sandra turned around and felt something in her chest. Once she reached the house she called 911. Dr. Spadero was not in the office at the time therefor Sandra was transported via air to his hospital in (where?). He was very helpful and explained that she had suffered a heart attack and had plan of action in place for her on what to
watch.
Over the years, the Staneks became friends with Dr. Spadero and while in two they could get together for dinner.
“When he gave me his cell phone number, I felt very comfortable with that. This guy is so down to earth that he is giving me his cell phone number,” said Sandra.
Sandra went in for her six month check-up with Dr. Spadero and he asked how things were going.
“I am falling. I am falling a lot. I have fallen 15 times,” said Sandra.
After he asked Sandra why she was falling she responded, “I don’t know. It was suggested to me that I might have neuropathy and I am not feeling and hitting my feel, but the strange thing is I don’t even remember falling.”
Dr. Spadero mentioned it sounded like an electrical issue.
Sandra had to wear a halter monitor for forty-eight hours and then return it for Dr. Spadero to review the results.
After viewing the results, Dr. Spadero immediately called Sandra and told her he was on his way to St. Louis and for her to have someone drive her there right away.
“He told me to not drive and I was NOT to go to sleep,” said Sandra. “When I asked why he told me it was because I might not wake up.”
Sandra’s daughter-in-law drove her to St. Louis where they received her immediately on arrival. Sandra ultimately went into surgery to receive a pacemaker. Since then she has not fallen and has a lot more energy now.
Without Dr. Shackour and Dr. Spadero, the Staneks might not have survived beyond their illnesses. Both Sandra and Keith benefitted from a caregiver-patient relationship that is filled with positive comments for the two doctors. The abilities they have to find things that were previously missed speak volumes to the time and energy they give to each individual patient.
Keith Stanek started seeing Dr. Shackour about a decade ago. Keith was one of his first patients.
“The thing that impresses me the most about Dr. Shackour is as soon as you tell him what your problem is he has a plan for what to do almost immediately,” said Keith. “It’s almost nonhuman and more like a response from a computer,” said Keith. “It’s the only way I could describe it.”
On numerous occasions, Keith has come to the hospital with problems and Dr. Shackour always had a plan of action for his troubles. At one point, Keith was having trouble with his stomach and it persisted for quite a while. Dr. Shackour …show more content…
asked if there were any triggers and Keith mentioned coffee.
“He told me to give up coffee so now I just have my tea,” said Keith.
He went through a long list of things to try and do and within a week Keith’s stomach problems cleared up.
“I don’t know many doctors that focus on your problems the way he does,” said Keith. “He must have a nearly photographic memory because all the names of the medications are right on the tip of his tongue.”
About a year ago, Keith was having problems when he would bend over and difficulties breathing. One night he took off his shoes and told Sandra, his wife, that he could barely breathe. The Staneks ended up in the ER to have Keith’s condition evaluated. Keith had fluid in his lungs and a touch of pneumonia. Keith received treatments before returning home. The next day Sandra called Dr. Shackour to discuss Keith’s condition and Dr. Shackour received the X-rays to look them over.
After reviewing the X-rays, Dr. Shackour noticed a large tumor (which later turned out to be cancerous) on one of his non transplant kidneys and a few spots on Keith’s right lung. Since Keith is a transplant patient from Barnes Hospital, he traveled to Barnes to have the doctors there review him as well due to the protocol associated with Keith as a kidney transplant recipient. Keith ended up having the kidney removed. If Dr. Shackour had not viewed the X-rays then it would have slipped through the cracks and his cancer would have spread.
Numerous previous x-ray scans from many hospitals had passed over the tumor. Keith said sometimes you tend to overlook things when it is not what you are looking for, but in this instance it just points out the thoroughness of Dr. Shackour.
“There were so many times I would tell Dr. Shackour that this was a problem and he would immediately have a plan of action,” said Keith. “They always worked. I just feel like I couldn’t be in better hands. I had a previous doctor who I never thought I would have had a better doctor after him, but Dr. Shackour is as good, if not better. Dr. Shackour is what the practice of medicine is all about. He is very patient-oriented and there to help people and he does a good job.”
Dr. James Spadero has been the Staneks doctor since 1996 after Keith’s first bypass surgery. Keith’s secretary called Sandra and told her that there was something wrong with Keith. He was very dizzy and had fallen at work. Sandra picked up Keith and immediately called Dr. Spadero’s office and told them the conditions. Dr. Spadero wanted to see him right away and told him it was time to see someone about a bypass surgery. He connected the Staneks with doctors at Missouri Baptist to schedule a surgery.
A short while later, Dr. Spadero called Sandra and asked if Keith would mind if he looked over some of his old x-rays. After reviewing old x-rays, Dr. Spadero discovered Keith had a tumor on his lungs. An MRI confirmed it and Dr. Spadero called up a fellow colleague to tell him about the situation and the old X-rays. The colleague asked if he could take all the information to a conference where they review special cases. The entire group came to a consensus that Keith needed a bypass surgery.
Sandra expressed concern over the spot on Keith’s lungs and asked Dr.
Spadero if they could take it out while proceeding with the bypass surgery. The surgery was a successful bypass and during the process they also removed the tumor on his lung which was critical since the tumor ended up being carcinogenic.
Later on, Keith started to deteriorate and grew progressively worse the years after his bypass. Dr. Spadero told him it was time for Keith to get a pacemaker. After receiving the pacemaker, Keith felt better and now has more energy and life. It ultimately changed his life.
Sandra’s encounter with Dr. Spadero was in September 2006. Sandra was clipping the hedges out in her yard. Sandra started feeling exhausted and could hardly walk. Sandra turned around and felt something in her chest. Once she reached the house she called 911. Dr. Spadero was not in the office at the time therefor Sandra was transported via air to his hospital in (where?). He was very helpful and explained that she had suffered a heart attack and had plan of action in place for her on what to
watch.
Over the years, the Staneks became friends with Dr. Spadero and while in two they could get together for dinner.
“When he gave me his cell phone number, I felt very comfortable with that. This guy is so down to earth that he is giving me his cell phone number,” said Sandra.
Sandra went in for her six month check-up with Dr. Spadero and he asked how things were going.
“I am falling. I am falling a lot. I have fallen 15 times,” said Sandra.
After he asked Sandra why she was falling she responded, “I don’t know. It was suggested to me that I might have neuropathy and I am not feeling and hitting my feel, but the strange thing is I don’t even remember falling.”
Dr. Spadero mentioned it sounded like an electrical issue.
Sandra had to wear a halter monitor for forty-eight hours and then return it for Dr. Spadero to review the results.
After viewing the results, Dr. Spadero immediately called Sandra and told her he was on his way to St. Louis and for her to have someone drive her there right away.
“He told me to not drive and I was NOT to go to sleep,” said Sandra. “When I asked why he told me it was because I might not wake up.”
Sandra’s daughter-in-law drove her to St. Louis where they received her immediately on arrival. Sandra ultimately went into surgery to receive a pacemaker. Since then she has not fallen and has a lot more energy now.
Without Dr. Shackour and Dr. Spadero, the Staneks might not have survived beyond their illnesses. Both Sandra and Keith benefitted from a caregiver-patient relationship that is filled with positive comments for the two doctors. The abilities they have to find things that were previously missed speak volumes to the time and energy they give to each individual patient.