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The IV Pole in the Garden: How a Surgeon Dismantled a Man

The IV Pole in the Garden: How a Surgeon Dismantled a Man

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A retired man wakes to find an IV pole in his garden and suspects a surgeon stole his life - what would you do?

The IV Pole in the Garden: How a Surgeon Dismantled a Man

In this episode, we follow the slow unspooling of a case where routine medical care became the pathway to something far darker. We trace how surgeons, banking records, and small-town routines intersected, and ask how systems missed the warnings along the way.

Person: Russell Adams
Person: Laura Olson
Person: Meredith Cole
Event: First encounter March 2019 (truck breakdown on County Road 14)
Status: Seventeen surgical procedures over thirty-eight months

- An IV pole was found standing in garden soil between two tomato plants in Harwick Falls, Ohio.
- Russell Adams, a 54-year-old retired civil engineer, underwent seventeen surgeries in thirty-eight months and lost $340,000.
- Laura Olson, a board-certified general surgeon, had approached strangers after roadside incidents in 2016 and 2019 and later appeared as registered agent for Periop Wellness LLC.
- Meredith Cole experienced a similar pattern beginning in 2016, had nine procedures, and her bank flagged unusual transfers in 2018.
- Wendy Burns, a clinical social worker, subpoenaed Russell’s bank statements and identified repeated payments to Periop Wellness LLC that Russell could not recognize.

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