Botched Surgery ? Doctors Nurses Lawyers Anyone - Would Like Your Two Cents - AND YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE

^^ this is good advice ^^

If she is doing well enough to be moved to a regular room soon, then she can sign her name to a ROI (Release of Information) document and obtain the records for herself. Her nurse should have one on the ward or can request one from medical records. You do not have to be her POA if she is able to sign the paper and is competent to do so.

Hope the best for your daughter. Any surgery can have complications, but this sounds excessive even for a messy surgery like one for endometriosis.

If he quit the next day, there must be a reason. Was this her regular OB/GYN?
If he has a h/o poor outcomes or substance abuse, then there is already a paper trail on him and your daughter may have been the last straw. In this day and age, nurses and support staff will usually quickly "out" an impaired provider. Maybe he/she knew this.

Even if he/she retired from medicine, they will have a malpractice "tail" that should cover them.

Best of luck and a wish for a quick recovery for your daughter.

I believe you are correct about nursing, any hint of legal action admin would advise nursing to be vigilant.

Once legal action is a concern it may not be as easy to find other docs to step in. Also in my experience nurses are the best sources for recommending which doctor to ask for second opinions etc.

My intent was to keep the focus on getting the best medical care. You have a few years to pursue legal action. For now this girl needs good doctors and nurses.

Have your attorney get there private detective to talk to the Doctor that Quit.

Do this,, my prayers are with you.
My mother died from malpractice, we sued, its all you can do.

First and foremost your daughter is in my prayers

You need to contact a competent attorney ASAP that specializes on medical malpractice .

You also must understand that hospitals are big business and will do everything to protect themselves .

If you are legal guardian over your daughter you are allowed access to all he r records , go to the hospital and sign the appropriate releases and acquire these ASAP , they may stall and delay this as much as possible .

Again as soon as you read this post start looking fr attorneys , this can not be underestimated or delayed , time is of the essence , this doctor that quit needs to be deposed and questioned by a competent medical attorney , the medical records should all be reviewed and opinions written by consulting surgeons to see where and what mistakes where made .

On a personal note as one who has been partially crippled by the medical field , I am sorry for what your daughter will be forced to go through the remainder of her life , our health is the most important thing one has on earth and most don't realize it until it is taken , God works in mysterious ways , so please keep the faith , it is man who has and will always let you down .

The apparent damage your daughter endured, could never be replaced with the money you would win in a lawsuit. Never.
I would speak with the Hospital Administrator and tell him/her of your worries before your daughter is released. She needs further console..

Wish her the best outcome. Sorry she has run afoul of the med system.

As the lawyers told me when they ruined my life ... They didn't kill you, so you can't sue. If they had killed you, your family could sue. And ... You don't make $100k per year, so you're not worth our time.

Every lawyer I talked to, said that, if they bothered to respond at all.

You should have done it yourself, at home.
That way no mistakes would have been made.

I also had endometriosis with severe adhesions. This was many years ago. The endo had wrapped around my bowel and adhered to my kidney. I was extremely fortunate and half and ovary was saved.

The doctor said one more day and I may not have made it, as the bowel was almost closed off. Many years of great discomfort due to that.


But nothing got chopped and nothing leaked with me. I did have severe peritonitis. Doctor said my whole innards were full of pus. I suspect it is tricky surgery and every case is complicated in its own way.

I wish your daughter great luck. Lawsuits are really horrible and not very satisfying, in the end. You go in lucking for justice and hopefully walk out with at least your expenses covered.

Best of good fortune.

^^^THIS^^^ You can BET the hospital's pen of attorneys are already on this with their spins and denials.

Why didnt you just use hatural herbs from the woodlands or natural homeopathic medications from loving natural healer?
There's your problem.

Listen to this person. And I am sorry your daughter is suffering due to some idiot Dr's mistake. I won't get into it but I have been in a similar situation.

Why didnt you find a Dr that would guarantee perfection without complications?

If you had done that, you wouldnt be in the fix youre in.

What were you thinking?

You should've had a lawyer do the surgery from the very beginning.

hate to burst your bubble, but people pray to god every second to spare/save their loved ones. God doesn't listen or do anything. Saving lives is on you and those around you, not God.

I used to work in the medical field and know of patients who DIED from an undiagnosed bowel leak. Thank God it was discovered and fixed in time but she could have ongoing health problems. Definitely time for a lawyer, a good Jewish lawyer.

Exactly...document everything! Dates, times, procedures, etc. If I'm correct, the medical records belong to your daughter. IF possible, have her give you the authority to make copies of EVERYTHING up to now and daily. Don't wait and leave it up to a lawyer. You will be one of many clients, and they might skip over essential information.

YOU have to be your own doctor, nurse, and lawyer! I don't know where she is hospitalized, but I'm an RN and research all hospitals and physicians, dentists, etc., before having anyone care for my loved ones or me. You can still do that for any further procedures. In the case of emergencies, I have to admit, I've had to trust whomever is available.

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Yes about the medical records....get them quickly. They have a way of either disappearing, being scrubbed clean or outright being rewritten. ...sanitized completely.

So very sorry to hear this about your beloved daughter. She surely did not deserve this. Sounds to me like the doc came to work either stoned, drunk or higher than a kite....or maybe just plain pissed off at his own wife.(male)thing.

5 stars OP and hope that things will greatly improve for your daughter.

I just want to ask if people can vote this thread 5 stars. It's very strange but it only gets 3 stars (9 votes) and it doesn't make sense as this is a genuine and very difficult situation the OP is experiencing.

Thanks

Forget all modern medicine, find a shaman in the nearest juncle and do exackly what he say!

does not sound usual. I have not been a nurse for a long time, but try to find out if that doc's departure was planned before hand or not.

as the surgeon he would have told your daughter in advance to expect post-op care from someone else, I think.

Thank goodness they caught the cut colon early. She could have very easily died from sepsis.

As everyone else stated, get copies and start shopping for an excellent lawyer. I bet the hospital will settle out of court.

I'm so sorry this is happening to your daughter.

I am so sorry this has happened to your daughter and many prayers to her.

As mentioned already, document everything and contact an attorney. There are usually attorneys who will take a medical malpractice case without charging fees until the case is settled. This absolutely sounds like a case for malpractice, especially with the doctor quitting - that is very suspicious.

Get a lawyer NOW.

Many doctors are losing their minds now. This one should pay. If you have any questions about the terminology on the reports feel free to PM me any time.
Many signed on to medicine expecting the lifestyle, and the lifestyle is gone. Many surgeons are turning into bitter drunks. I would not have elective surgery now if you paid me.

If she needs additional colon repair, university of Pittsburg is really good.

Op, good luck and I hope your daughter recovers well.

Speaking from a very similar situation, I had extensive surgery almost 3 years ago to repair/replace a directed aorta. During one of several surgeries, my colan was nicked including my spleen which had to be removed. The contents on my colon leaked for a week before it was detected and only then due to spectic infection and ecoli infection which in it's self all most killed me. For over 2 years I had a "bag" as a result, only a year ago I was healthy enough to have more surgery and have my colon reattached as in my case very little of my colon was removed and it was successfully reattached. (however with a xtensive complications including addtional infections and abcess wound healing). There were other mistakes such as failing to have my blood type on hand prior to surgery and being forced to be given alternative blood type as a substitute.

The biggest issue to get the best Healthcare, second priority is the legal action.

With my situation in a nut shell, I found no attorney that would take my case to court. All stated that that while errors were made, it would be too expensive and too complicated to pursue legally. As a result of my dissected aorta surgery, I'm partially paralyzed, I was hospitalized for over 8 months after the initial issue and yet have been able to return to work.

After losing my career job which I was posed to retire from, my only income now is disability and long term disability with such making up only half my prior income and with no ability to legally pursue the butchers who almost killed me.

As my situation involved medical errors, the general concensus was that should have not recovered from and as a result, those mistakes while they compounded my recovery, I survived so I was not able to file malpractice against the butchers who almost killed me.

It comes down to the fact that in my situation, extensive medical experts would need to testify on my part against the doctors who screwed up, those "experts" are expensive and the attorney's weigh how much such experience needed is against the amount they will receive should they win and in my situation, it was too risky for them to take my case. On top of that, doctors tend to stick together, it's difficult to find one that will go against another in court thus making the series of those who will very expensive.

I was told the only case I would have had is if I had died despite now being disabled and without a job.

Get a good attorney, don't go cheap and do shop around. There is a statue of limitations but you have plenty of time so take care of what really matters which is your daughters health. Document EVERYTHING, write down everything including verbal conversations. Fact are important, document dates, times, all people involved from the doctors, surgeons, nurses to the janitor too!

Btw - stay the hell away from hospitals "general" surgical services, most of my surgical mistakes were made by the unknown general services that come after the major surgery is complete to preform mundane tasks such as closing up after the primary surgeon is done. These "services" are done by undocumented doctors with very little if any documentation later so is very important to document now who was in the surgical room with your daughter as such details will be conveniently lost later and legal action can't be taken unless the names of the people are known.

My situation was complex, I was hospitalized for over 6 months, had over 10 surgeries in a two month period and at one point had less than a 1% chance of survival. My entire aorta had to be replaced which is more complicated than a heart transplant but be prepared to be face every obstacle that the hospital can throw at you and while your daughter in under their care, do not indicate that you may pursue legal action as once they suspect that such, everything they do and and the healthcare they provide changes. Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer.

You belong to the father of lies and the truth is not in you.

Terrible experience, and I do feel sorry for what your daughter is going through. But seriously, when are people going to learn that cutting shit out of the human body is NOT the way to heal it?

I hate when we don't understand something and assume the only way to stop it is to remove it. Only the symptoms and problems are known about endometriosis, there is no known cure just medicinal and surgical "treatments". I understand the inherent pain involved with this condidtion but to believe cutting away tissues is somehow going to convince your body to stop the pain and symptoms is lunacy.

If the organs, colon, ovaries etc. have become fused together, seperating them with a knife will only cause them to fuse in another position. This is not addressing the underlying cause and is merely giving a false sense of relief which will most definitely be temporary.

Not to mention the intrusive nature of the knife and its ability to cut EVERYTHING, including stuff that was perfectly fine before. Tumors, cysts, lesions etc. are all produced by the body, thus they can be removed BY the body.

What caused them to appear in the first place is the issue, NOT the growth itself. Cutting them out doesn't stop the source.

Really, why didnt you just try to make friends with this endometriosis, maybe go out for coffee and sweets
It probably would have just gone away and just been friends instead you had to get violent and this is where it leads

The surgery wasn't done in a private clinic owned by this doctor, so your daughter's attorney will file a law suite against hospital. Hence, this doctor could face disciplinary action by the board and may have his license suspended for some time. It's like a disaster to any doctor's carrier.

This could become 3-4 years "battle", so look for a lawyer who'll work on contingency. If he/she has a strong cases then it can be settle without going to court. Hospitals want to keep their reputations...

All the best to your daughter.

Yes.

My husband is a physician.

Seek out a competent medical malpractice attorney. You're going to need one.