We recently received this post from a patient who asked us to share her story and her experiences with Dr. Schembre and Dr. Tschirhart with the Swedish Digestive Health Network. Thank you, Yevette, for sharing your story with us!
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Dec 2nd, 2012 I was out of town doing some promotion for work when I collapsed in my hotel room. I went to the local hospital ER. They found I had a gallstone lodged in my common bile duct. As they attempted to remove this, the surgeon ripped my intestine. This created a whole host of life threatening problems. After 5 days I was airlifted to Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. Dr. Tschirhart was assigned my case. By June I was stable enough for surgery. Dr. Schembre referred to this surgery as ...
