Lisa's Story

My mother’s name was Linda Sestito. She entered Magnolia Manor in Columbus Georgia for a hip replacement and never made it out alive. She was just 69 years young. Mom had 4 falls during her time at this facility. After fall number three she was found unresponsive in her wheelchair the next morning and sent to er. Staff did not tell hospital about her fall. During this hospital stay they determined mom needed neck surgery. She was returned to Magnolia Manor to await this procedure. During this time she had fall number four from her wheelchair. Nurses heard her screaming from her room, entered and found her laying on the floor at the foot of her bed. They picked her up, looked her over, and out her in bed. I received a voicemail saying she had fallen but did not hit her head and was not injured in any way. Even though mom was awaiting neck surgery and was on blood thinners they did not send her to the er to be checked out. That night nursing notes show Mom was screaming 8/10 neck pain. Still not sent to Dr just medicated. This continued until 4 days after her fall when Mom began screaming and crying she couldn’t see, was unable to sit up in the bed, started saying things that didn’t make sense.. this was all documented and ignored for hours. Finally Mom had a full blown seizure, became unable to formulate words, and went blind. The nurse called a NON emergency transport for a “sick” person and again denied any falls. Doctors in the hospital spent days trying to figure out why she was bleeding into her brain. Mom never spoke again. Mom suffered a horrible death screaming blindly for 14 long torturous days until she suffocated on end of life secretions. All of this is documented in her medical records, voicemails, transport calls, and hospital forms. The photos of her feet show the level of care she was receiving. These pictures were taken when she was in the hospital. I reported her death and neglect to the state, the attorney general, the local police department, the city council, the congressman, the mayor , and the ombudsman. Nothing was done and no one was ever held accountable. Mom died 5/31/2021. I started an advocacy group on Facebook called Magnolia Manor Georgia Victims Fighting for Change after discovering mom was not their first victim. All documents and medical records can be seen in my group, along with hundreds of horror stories from other employees, and victims of this facility.