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It's taken me a while to write this review becouse it has been such an emotional and traumatic experience for me, but here goes. I flew to Miami with a friend who was getting a full mommy makeover. I wanted a Breast reduction. My 38 HH were so large that they were cussing neck, back pain, a buldge in the back of my neck and even marks on my sholders from the heaviness weighing down my bra. I was finished having and breastfeeding kids and after toting around atleast DD since I was 15 years old, I thought it was time for them to go. Long story short. I ended up back in Dallas Texas a week later in the ER at Baylor hospital. At first I just thought a few stitches had come in ravled, I soon found out that I had major infections, a few Seromas and breast implants I had never asked for or wanted. I came in on a Saturday, they moved me to the main floor and gave me a room. They started me on broad spectrum antibiotics and pain medication. I had documented everything from the beginning and had several videos and photos of the process that led my emergency room visit. There is a lot more to the story but let me get to when I first meet Dr. Phillip Dauwe. I had laid in the hospital bed all weekend in limbo. No one was really telling me what was going on or what was going to become of me. Into my room walked a no games played, young, blonde surgon. I asked his name and he said he was there to help me. He asked of my story and looked at the videos and pictures. The next part got strange. It was like a t.v. show, like House or The Good Doctor. One of those showes where they make it seems as though you are their only patient and all they do is talk about and care about your case. Dr. Dauwe stuck his head in the hall and called for a few people. Within moments there was a head nurse changing gauze, an infectious disease doctor ordering wound vacs and a general doctor discussing surgery. Everthing was now happening so fast that my head begun to spin. I had never heard the words Picc line or wound vac and it all sounded so scary that I began to cry. Such a horrible cry that all I could do was cover my face and even at 32 secretly wish my mommy was there. I remember the smell of his cologne as he reached down and held my hand and reasured me that is be ok. That it was nothing he couldn't fix and that all l needed was to have hope. He left and the fallowing week got busy. I had everything he ordered, CT scans, chest xrays, sonogram, two would vacs put on and was now on multiple intravenous antibiotics. I was eating better and started finding that hope that he had talked about. Just as prompromised, he returned for surgery. We discussed that he was going to remove the implants and do the best he could to put me back together. Friday was surgery and I was home by Sunday with only four drains. No Picc lines, no wound Vacs. Just a few prescription, a TON more stitches and a follow up appointment. Im not going to lie, I felt butchered, I felt like the Miami doctor had scared me up and took away my femininity. I felt like my husband would never touch me again and I felt completely botched when all I wanted was smaller breast so I could use only one bra to exercise. The follow up appointment was in his office off Lemmon avenue. He removed the stitches and discussed scar treatment for the future. As I'm on my way to see him again now for my second follow up and can not help but get a little choked up. When it felt like no one cared and that there was nothing to be done, this man literally saved my life. I'm just about fully recovered for the excepion of scares which will just take time. Becouse of his generosity, compassion and professionalism I can now run and play with my 1 and 3 year old. My confidence is coming back and I was totally wrong about my husband. He's in love still, if not more. If I could give Phillip Dauwe, M.D 100 stars i most curtinly would. If i had it all to do overover gain I would have absolutely come to him first instead of the cheaper plastic surgery puppy mill in Miami.