Self Verified Patient's Story

Comments: This review is long overdue.I had fallen from a later 14 feet in the air onto a soiled cement floor. I had crushing both of my ankles from that fall in 2009. My injury was first treated at Harbor View through the Foot and Ankle clinic which had been so severe that I had two surgeries. One on my left leg that ended up with 17 pins, a footplate, and other hardware. The surgery lasted 10 hours for that leg. The right leg only had 10 pins with a 7 hour surgery. Knowing that after I had being released from Harbor View, it was going to be a long road to recovery. In 2014 after much physical therapy from the wonderful team at Salmon Bay PT in Ballard that thing had changed for me, but I was walking again. Then I was on my way to spend time with friends of mine in France, I was running late to catch my flight out of SeaTac, I felt something had happened. I later learned that I had broke one of the screws in the left leg. I went on the trip , but was in misery. So when getting home, I setup an appointment with Dr Reed who was so informative about my options & taken in consideration what the x-rays were showing and still in pain, Dr Reed recommended for me to go back into the left leg and fuse the ankle and leg bone and take out much of the hardware, would be the best way to go. Well he was right! I still have challenges, but without the care that I received from Dr Reed, I know that I wouldn't be in the place that I am today. I still haft to have my right leg go through a second surgery, but one thing I don't have to worry about is that I'm in good care with Dr Mark Reed. He is truly a miracle worker.Sincerely,David Anderson