August 19, 2009 my husband 27 years old perfectly healthy called me and said he was home from work and having severe abdominal pain and that he was getting hot and cold and running a fever I was near the hospital at this time so I had his father pick him and bring him to the hospital which is about an hour and a half away from our home, but we've always heard great things about this hospital so we wanted him there. Also, I am going to this hospital for all my pre-natal care and also planned to deliver there. My husband walked into the emergency room slouched over and in agony. After we sit in the waiting room for about an hour they finally omit him to a bed in the ER. He lies in this bed in the ER for over an hour before recieving any sort of IV much less pain meds. EVENTUALLY approx. 3 hours later they have him drink the stuff for a CT and confirm that he has appendicitis. So, we're glad to find out what the problem is and hoping to have it corrected. Well he goes into surgery and about 2 hours later the "Surgeon" comes out and says that he had a little problem removing the appendix that he ruptured it during removal and all the infection leaked into his body and that they had to flush it. So we're glad they flushed it and they input a drain for infection to drain. So he makes us feel like everythings good to go. My husbad was admitted to a room and the entire time he was in the room he ran a fever, he was in pain for over 2 hours before he recieved any pain meds, he was spitting on his sleeve to clean his face because noone would bring him a wash rag, and then the doctor says okay your walking around and we're gonna send you home with some pain meds and leave the drain in for five days. Well before five days could arrive we were BACK in the ER. My husband was in TERRIBLE PAIN, he could not breathe his stomach was bloated, and could not tolerate any food. And again, another CT was performed, he was bleeding internally from the appendectomy. They admit him to a room and do ANOTHER painful abdominal surgery by removing the blood from him abdomen and during this surgery inputting another JP drain. The doctor is very short and brief with us about this, we asked questions and he didn't give us answers, he's burning up with fever he can't breathe, so we call our FAMILY PHYSICIAN to get involved, they make calls to immediately get a pulmonary specialist, and his surgeon wants to give him a MORPHINE drip for pain, he doesn't care that he can't breathe that his temperature is outrageous and that he feels like he's going to die. Well the pulmonary specialist comes in immediately admits him to the ICU and orders tons of test, orders two pints of blood, and he's making sure he's getting great attention. Three days in ICU my husband improves so they admit him back down the "hell hole" as I would say, because I could write a book on HOW unsanitary those people are...anyways, two days later he's released from the hospital STILL running a fever and can't breathe very good. We discharged his surgeon, and got a new one in on the case, whose great and whose bed side manner is great, come to find out the surgeon he had has been there for 1 month. Now, 2 days at home he's still running a 102-103 fever, and cannot breathe. He couldn't lay down in bed because he couldn't breathe.Back in ANOTHER ER a little farther down the road but MUCH better hospital they zip him right in the ER run a Chest XRay and a CT immediately. They had to put in a CHEST TUBE to drain the 3 liters of fluid off of his right lung (THIS IS NOT A FUN PROCEDURE) his right lung was collapsed and was only working off his left. The blood in his abdomen is still there puddling and growing some infection. Again he is admitted back in the hospital while on TONS of antibiotics and laying there with a chest tube. After 6 days they release him, putting him on a month of several antibiotics still with a JB drain in his side. He goes on the 21st of this month to MAYBE have it removed if the blood had drained completely. Keep in mind also, I'm sleeping in a chair 27 weeks pregnant scared to leave his side because he is not getting the care he needs. They were not changing the gauze they were not changing the IV's every three days like the should have, they would not even rinse his pee jug out. I HAD TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has lost an overall of 32 pounds. Is this something we could pursue to court or is this just one of those things where we got that end of the stick???
ken613uk
I would think that you may well have a case from medical negligence if you can find another doctor to confirm this.
Is this typical of the medical attention you might expect in a country that is opposed to state medicine?
SunniKona
i would definitely contact an attorney and see what they think. usually a consultation is free. what can it hurt? good luck with your baby and i hope your husband fully recovers soon.
Orignal From: Did the surgeon mess up during the appendectomy and do we have a malpractice case?
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