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Comments for Dr. David Rawdon
Dr. Rawdon literally saved my life a few summers ago when I managed to contract a very rare disease, Tuleremia, from a kitten bite. After two weeks in the hospital, 2 surgeries to excise infection of the wound site, and over 50 units of doxycycline I was not getting better. A hunter friend of mine suggested to my wife that I may have contracted 'rabbit fever' (tuleremia). My wife researched the info on the net, brought it to the hospital, and presented her findings to the Infectious Disease doctor assigned to my case. The ID doctor flatly refused to follow up on the possibility of tuleremia, telling my wife that the test 'cost too much', and he would not get results back from California (where the blood test had to be conducted). Needless to say, I was barely lucid by then, running a fever for two weeks, and with severe migraines the entire time. I felt so bad that I literally lay in bed one night, sheets soaked to my skin, made peace with my god and was ready to give up. Dr. Rawdon made morning rounds each and every morning. My wife turned to him after being rebuked by my ID doctor with her findings. Dr. Rawdon was hesitant to follow up on the test for tuleremia because the other doctor was suppose to be treating me. Additionally, Dr. Rawdon said that he was told in medical school that he would probably never see a tuleremia case (1 in about 25,000,000 each year). To Dr. Rawdon's credit, and this is why I think he is a GREAT doctor, he listened to my wife, signed for the test himself and within 24 hours I was diagnosed with tuleremia. My meds were changed to gentamycin and a pic-line was inserted into my heart. I ended up being transferred to Washington University Hospital in St. Louis and spent another 2 weeks recovering before being discharged. Dr. Rawdon LISTENS and in this day and age, that is saying something. If it were not for my friend, my wife, and Dr. Rawdon taking a shot in the dark (when my infectious disease doctor refused to) I may have died. I continue to see Dr. Rawdon regularly for my general health and when the tuleremia flares up and expect to keep seeing him into the future. He is a bright, young doctor willing to think out of the box and a true advocate for his patients. I really do thank God for him. |
| Bussiness Name: | David Rawdon |  |
| Address: | Memorial Drive Bldg#1 Belleville, IL 62223 | |
| City: | Belleville | |
| State: | Illinois | |
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