Posted by Concerned on 3/18/11

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My son had a Boston Scientific Spinal Stimulator, this was
his 2nd one, the 1st one malfunctioned & they replaced it.
Last Sunday we had been to church & after church we stopped
at Taco Bell & all of a sudden he said this thing is
messing with my breathing & started jerking like he was
having a seizure, I looked up & he was blue in his face.
The machine was malfunctioning & caused every muscle in his
body to spasm, including his diapharm which caused him not
to be able to breathe. We called Ambulance. This thing had
been malfunctioning for 4-5 days, rep came prior & even
deleted all the programs, still kept firing, the leads
migrated down 4-5 disc spaces & lodged in the nerve root,
he had been to ER twice before this. Boston Scientific kept
trying to blame it on something else. Our ER did not have a
Neuro Surgeon that could remove it, we took him to
Vanderbilt in Nashville Tn. last Monday they removed it,
the surgeon said it was difficult for it had lodged, they
could not take some leads out, but they got everything else
out, paddles, battery etc.... The surgeon even was shocked
and this caused the surgery to take even longer. I forgot
how many volts it was sending but it was unbelievable. They
told him he could have all sorts of problems because of
this thing, like heart problems due to so much
volts,paralysis, his left leg drags now, etc...
Watch out if they take it out DO NOT LET THEM GIVE THE UNIT
BACK TO THE REPS, if they get it they will make up some
ridiculous story about it was lost etc... Sounds like they
already know how that thing can kill someone.
I was a Paramedic for years & I had seen alot of seizures
in my line of work, but I had never seen anybodys body do
what his did as this thing malfunctioned, he was in so much
pain anything they laid him on became wet, he sweated so
bad from the pain, his heart rate was sky high, B/P was
high, this thing almost killed him and it took 5 days
before we found a DR that would/could remove it.Also when
that thing was firing every muscle in his body, including
his diaphram, was as hard as concrete. This is just a piece
of what he went through.
I am telling you this to try to prevent anyone else from
having to go thru this & to try & save a life, because if
this had been an older person I do believe they would have
had a heart attack from it & died.
So, Please stay away from the spinal/neuro stimulators,
they are very, very dangerous.
Sincerely, concerned mother

Re: Boston Scientific Stimulator, 6/22/11, by Mari.

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