Re: Mother Had Hernia Surgery, Now has Ruptured Bowels!!

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On 1/25/08, Son wrote:
> My mother has a hernia surgery on january 9, 2008 (WED).
> Drove there on her own and walked in on her own. Had the
> surgery and the Dr. said it went perfect, no
complications.
>
> 3 hours later she was up and walking with pain of course.
> She said she was in pain but felt it would go away. next
> morning (Jan 10 THURS), still tons of pain, not able to
> urinate, terrible ab. pain and hurts to move. They said
she
> needed to get tough and get walking or they needed to move
> her to a nursing home due to the room. The family was
upset
> and said NO WAY!. Next morning (Jan 11 FRI) still unable
to
> urinate, now breathing problems, Kidneys starting to shut
> down, very severe pain all over including back. They did a
> cat scan and found nothing, gave her bigger dose of pain
> medicine to calm her down. Next morning (Jan 12 SAT) still
> unable to urinate, kidneys failing, breathing problems,
low
> oxygen in blood, having speach problems now, cant move!!!
>
> The family basically flips out and says do something
now!!,
> they schedule a move to a bigger hospital in Michigan (she
> is in Michigan)1 1/2 hours away. Next mid morning (Jan 13
> SUNDAY!!) they finally moved her to new hospital and
> scheduled ANOTHER cat scan. cat scan as all the rest show
> nothing, they decide for emergency surgery to check out
the
> problem due to the significant failures now 4 DAY LATER!!!
>
> They find her bowels were perforated and not noticed, then
> not checked when the problems started. The new surgeon
> opened up and she now had major kidney problems, major
> infections, had to remove intestines, install colostomy
> bag, and leave the wound open from neck to waist. It is
now
> January 25, 2008 and she still lays in the critical care
> ward with breathing tube, eating tube, kidney problems,
one
> lung starting to fail, open ab wound, infections and now a
> sign on the doors that says mrsa. She is confused and
> doesnt know what happened. My family is very upset even
> though we are there for my mother at this time. Is this
> negligence on the first surgeons part not to investigate
> the problem, then send her to another hospital? Please let
> me know.
>
> You need to talk to a lawyer. When I went in for my
partial hysterectomy in march of 2008 they made me take a
physical first before I had the surgery, but guess what I
something different wrong with me when I got out and my
problem isn't any better. I am going to check with a lawyer
too. I have had so many things on my mind about another
situation, I'm going to look into this one too. Best of
luck and I hope your mother gets better. Don't let some of
those doctor's push you around.