surgeon suffers diabetic collapse during wife's surgery

[go22]

What is the name of your state? new york

hello my friends:

i am again turning 2 u 4r help as i almost lost my wife during a recent surgery, & feel medical malpractice and negligence is evident. i no my post is a bit longer than usual ,but want to give all the facts.

please bear with me this time as i am also so ill. i suffered chest pains while my wife was at the mercy of this facility and have a fibs. i am typing using abbreviations & symbols.

i tried posting a very brief post (much less than the minimum amount allowed on the contact an attorney board but that board is i believe is inoperative). when i gave up and just typed in "is this board working?" and hit the submit button nothing happened and my one sentence displayed again. i am very distraught & hope someone can advise me from a senior member capactity again....

my wife went to hospital for a morning hysteroscopy recently. her surgeon suffered a diabetic collapse, she was left hemmoraging for hours in the recovery room and the hysteroscopy was never completed. when she awoke she began screaming in horrific pain and panicked as she saw she was hemmoraging profusely.

when she kept asking why her surgeron did not come to see her and stop the hemmorage her questions were ignored. they offered 2 try & pack her internally & thought this may stop the hemmorage, & further said it was probably one of the following 3 internal organs which were ruptured......the uterus, cervix or colon, but they allowed her 2 continue 2 hemmorage & did nothing to immediately stop it. this went on and on. she told them packing her would be useless since it would not stop a ruptured organ from hemmoraging. additionally they still refused 2 tell her why her surgeon never came 2 recovery 2 c her after her surgery, nor did they tell her the hysteroscopy was never completed.

only when she threatened to sign herself out did 3 of the doctors who periodically came 2 speak with her finally tell her that her gynecologist surgeon collapsed during surgery, sustained head injuries, was admitted to er (and later in the day was admiited for overnight observation). even though she told them she felt terrible about this she asked if the hysteroscopy was completed, and one doctor replied no it was not. she then became suspicious & asked if he collapsed during her surgery resulting in the hemmorage & they looked very nervously at each other and would not answer her. so we are suspicious and assume the hospital video cameras will also confirm that her surgeon collapsed during her surgery, thusly causing the hemmorage with internal instruments he was using@ the time of his collapse., especially since the hysteroscopy was never completed.

another issue is she had no privacy curtain whatsoever on one side of her bed which was the side leading to an entry & exit door, so everyone who passed thru had a birds eye view to her genitals & the hemmorage. she was humiliated & distressed & asked they get a curtain or a privacy screen to shield her completely from stranger's prying eyes and smirking smiles. (2 guys actually stood there watching like pigs as the bloody bed sheets were being changed, & saw her genitals and the hemmoraging), & her request for complete privacy was also denied thusly causing her even more stress and anxiety.

in the late afternoon they finally allowed me to see her & she told me what was happening. i yelled for them to get a surgeon in there to perform surgery to stop the hemmorage before she bled to death & they finally agreed to do a sonogram to see which internal organ was ruptured, then again said one of three possibly being the colon, uterus or cervix and only then told us they would do a laparoscopy to fix the rupture and stop the bleeding. the surgeon assigned also said he would do the hysteroscopy after the laparoscopy which we believe could not be done since the internal cavity would still be filled with blood leftover from the hemmoraging, maybe we are wrong but i do not know, but the surgeon said he completed both the lap and hysteroscopy surgeries.

when my wife awoke in recovery again she overheard them saying they wanted to admit her overnight and possibly do yet another surgery and she told them no way. she had lost all trust in that facility completely and told them she wanted to sign herself out as a result of the horrific experiences she endured while in their care (or perhaps i should say lack of care). one doctor told her if she signed herself out again advisement her health care would not pay any of the hospital bills. she replied i am signing myself out and refuse to be admitted over night nor have anymore surgeries in this hospital. so i took her home, after she signed papers and she was never given a copy of her discharge papers.

can anyone in a professional capacity reply as to weather or not we have a viable case for hostpital and surgeon's medical malproactice and negligence?

Question please: how can a surgeon who has diabetes and a hospital who knows he has diabetes allow him to continually perform surgeries especially since the surgeon could suffer a diabetic collapse if his blood sugar is low, and thusly endanger the health or lives of his surgical patients? isn't this medical negligence & malpratice on both the parts of the surgeon and the hospital?

now we i am sure will be forced to also pay additional charges for anesthesologist and afternoon laparoscopy instead of only paying for the 1st original anesthesiologist and completed hysteroscopy. we have no idea what was really done and what actually happened. we will sign the form to have all records and pathology results if any were given in, as well as all of the operating room reports mailed to us so we can know exactly what was done and if indeed the surgeon collapsed while my wife was in his care in the OR, but still need to know if we have a viable case against the surgeon and the hospital. my wife is still feeling pain and is still bleeding but from what we understand they said bleeding and discomfort as long as not excessive is normal and will continue for about 10 days. my wife was advised to get all the hostpital records and take them to another gynologogist for his opinion
as to what exactly transpired and was or not done by this surgeon and hospital facility.

we would greatly appreciate your understanding of this long post, and reply to us. we also thank you in advance, and hope everyone had a lovely thanksgiving holiday.

 

[You Are Guilty]

You need, more than anything else, to speak to a med mal lawyer, and now. At the very minimum, you need to get the records fromthe Hospital, and you're not even going to be able to do that until you go through Surrogates Court and get appointer Administrator. That alone is worth speaking to a lawyer about, much less the bigger (potential) issues against the Hospital.

As far as whether you have a case, it's impossible to say. Even assuming there was negligence invlolved (which is why you need to see the records, especially the operative report), your wife checking herself out AMA might be enough to negate it.

I'll say it again because it's so important - you need a lawyer. Most (all that I know) med mal lawyers offer free consultations, sometimes over the phone, (or they may even come to you). This is something that you should not be handling yourself. Heck, this is something that a lot of lawyers shouldn't be handling - it's a potentially complicated area of law.

Good luck, and find a lawyer.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

In addition to the medical records a medmal attorney will be interested in your wife's medical history prior to surgery including but not limited to the vein surgery about which your were complaining because you could not get a firm cost prior to surgery and your history of litigation.

 

[loveumms]

First, I want to say I am sorry that your wife had to endure such stress.

I am baffled as to why she would have such an extensive hemorrhage from hysteroscopy. Did your wife require transfusions? If so, how many?

Most hopsitals have an on call surgeon (for each specialty) that is able to come in and perform procedures, ususally emergent, when the primary surgeon is not available due to unforseen emergencies. It is unfortunate that the surgeon had a hypoglycemic episode but unfortunately that might not be seen as malpractice. The subsequent events (if you are describing them correctly) may be your grounds.

Did your wife suffer any permanent damages?

In regards to her being on "show" - wasn't she in the recovery room?

Sorry to hear this has caused you and your family so much pain.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

First, I want to say I am sorry that your wife had to endure such stress.

I am baffled as to why she would have such an extensive hemorrhage from hysteroscopy. Did your wife require transfusions? If so, how many?

Most hopsitals have an on call surgeon (for each specialty) that is able to come in and perform procedures, ususally emergent, when the primary surgeon is not available due to unforseen emergencies. It is unfortunate that the surgeon had a hypoglycemic episode but unfortunately that might not be seen as malpractice. The subsequent events (if you are describing them correctly) may be your grounds.

Did your wife suffer any permanent damages?

In regards to her being on "show" - wasn't she in the recovery room?

Sorry to hear this has caused you and your family so much pain.

It's hard to observe a patient in recovery with privacy screens drawn, also anesthesia may have altered their sense of what happened.

 

[loveumms]

It's hard to observe a patient in recovery with privacy screens drawn, also anesthesia may have altered their sense of what happened.

Original poster made it seem like his wife was being viewed by everyone who came through the door. I know that PACUs tend to not have privacy curtains for the reason you stated and since only certain persons are allowed access to that area it likely wasn't the whole world seeing her. It still was probably embaressing and my heart goes out to them.

 

[go22]

reply to you are guilty senior member, and thanks so much

hello again you are guilty,

thanks so much for your input (which we so highly treasure and below i have replied to you and await your reply whenever convenient).

i agree with what you replied you are guilty, but can you tell me if your post your case to an attorney board is now operable?, or if i could email or somehow forward what i typed on the thread in its entirety to one of your medical malpractice lawyers you have on staff, (if they happen to have a good new york city medical malpractice attorney they can possibly refer us to for a free consultation?).

also i wish to know if we have a case based on my input to the attorney, and if the attorney agrees that we have a case, can't the attorney then contact surrogate court to request all of the operating room reports for all surgeries done that day for us?....(incompleted hysteroscopy in the morning of which we were told pathology tissues were sent up to pathology during the morning incompleted hysteroscopy surgery, the afternoon lapaoscopy surgery, and the supposed afternoon completed hysteroscopy surgery?)**************..again many thanks you are guilty, and thanks for wishing us luck, as i feel we could really use all the luck we can get).

 

[go22]

reply for rmet4nzkx, and thank you.

many thanks for your input as well.

as far as the vnus closure procedure we wanted to do (both legs showed vascular problems and the first vascular sugeon gave us our records of the vnus doppler tests and his recommendation when we asked for them as he was leaving the country for israel (extended family emergency and suggested we find another vnus closure proceedure surgeon). he had forwarded all the test results and his personal recommendation for both leg surgeries to the doctor who referred us to him.

eventually we found another vascular surgeon and brought all the test results and the 1st vascular surgeons recommendations for both leg surgeries with us****************************but that was such a strange 2nd opinion visit, since all he did was look over all the vnus doppler test results, and the original vascular surgeons recomendation for why he felt vnus closure surgeries should be done on both of my wife's legs, and he said he did not agree with his findings at all.

when we asked exactly what he did not agree with he then just barely felt my wife's legs and said she does not merit any kind of vascular surgery. my wife asked again on what medical profesional basis can you make that statement as i was told by the 1st vascular surgeon that both of the greater saphenous veins valves had shut down and were now not operating correctly, which could pose a life threateing risk as far as blood clots, stroke or even heart attack.

she further asked him, if you disagree with the doppler tests and recommendation of the original vasular surgeon why not order your own doppler tests so you can see exactly why i have excessive edema, heaviness, pain and my legs feel cold most of the time. he said i don't need to do more tests since i already felt your legs and as i just told you i do not agree with any of these findings from your 1st surgeon. go home and you'll be fine as i do not see any findings to merit any vnus clousre surgeries on either of your legs at this time. my wife replied i am also worried about pheriferral artery disease (PAD), and he said don't worry about anything, just go home. (we thought it strange and my wife replied to me "why did he refuse to state exactly what he disagreed from the test results we gave him so we could know, especially since he is not gifted with xray vision, and could tell nothing by just touching both of my legs).

we went back to the original doctor who recommended the 1st vascular surgeon and told him what the 2nd surgeon said and he said lets hold off and i will find out whats what from the 2nd vascular surgeon, and at the very least he should have told you why he disagreed with the original findings**************to date we are still waiting to hear**************.but now feel we will go for a third opinion and demand new vnus doppler tests to get another opinion as to the truth about this as soon as my wife is up to it.

so the bottom line is there was no vascular sugeries performed as of yet. the only other surgery she had 3 years ago was for a tvt sling which is for female incontinence.

i hope this sheds some light on your reply and i thank you also for your kindness and oyur valued input.

 

[go22]

reply to loveumms, and many thanks.

thanks so much for your reply and your kind words.

as far as your being baffled as to why my wife had such an extensive hemmorhage from the hysteroscopy we have no idea other than what they told us. they said the 1st hysceroscoipy was not completed in its entirety due to rupture of the uterus, colon or cervix......who knows perhaps more than one internal organ was ruptured....we never got a straight answer as to exactly which internal organ was ruptured, even after they did the afternoon laparoscopy and completed the hysteroscopy right after the laparoscopy.

i assume the only way we will know is when we receive all of the operating room surgery reports for the morning scheduled hysteroscopy which they said was not completed, the afternoon laparoscopy and the afternoon completed hyteroscopy.

as far as haing other surgeons on staff i know they had them because 3 doctors came in and kept periodically speaking with my wife, and the one who finally agreed to do the later in the day trans vaginal sonogram said he also was a gynecologist surgery. question is why did they wait so many hours before doing the sonogram and laparoscopy to stop the hemmoraging?

i still cannot fathom how an elderly surgon is allowed to perform surgical procedures with himself and the hospital knowing he has diabetes and can suffer low sugar and a diabetic collapse thusly endangering the health and life of his surgical patients? evidently this is what happened and caused my wife to extensively hemmorage.

isn't that grounds for medical negligence and malpractice on the part of the surgeon and the hospital? shouldn't this elderly diabetic surgeon have stopped performing surgeries once he was diagnosed with diabetes since he knew there could be the possibility of his experiencing low sugar and if he suffered a diabetic collapse he would intentionally be subjecting his surgical patients to health and life endangerment if he collapsed while using instruments inside of them thusly causing hemmoraging or death?

they did say before the hemmorage began that the surgeon did a d & c and sent samples of tissues to pathology but that was all that was done and then we assume he suffered the diabetic collapse and that was how my wife's hemmorahage began.....but as far as which internal organs were ruptured we are also baffled at this point.

about transfusions. i had my new york 3 gallon donor blood center card with me which entitled me or any member of my immediate family up to three gallons of blood at no cost, and they refused to look at it. they also never transfused her even though she had lost so much blood, her stomach was distended and bloated like a balloon and they said it was probably because the inner cavity was filling up with the hemmorage, and she complained of feeling clammy, and cold and suffered dizziness as well, and yet they did not offer to transfuse her even though i did say i will donate my blood (we have the same type), and pay for it , but just give her what she needs before she bleeds to death, and stop the hemmorahge.

in regards to her being on show in the recovery room with her genitals exposed and the hemmorage visible to everyone passing in and out of the door on the left of her bed where there was no curtain, when my wife complained about this to me i went out and walked around and looked at all the other recovery beds being used and they had full curtains closed completely all the way around their beds so no one could see what was being done. those patients were given full privacy. my wife had a curtain drawn from the right side of her bed which also went around to the left side of her left foot, but the curtain did not extend all the way around on the curtain rod to cover the left side of her body as the other curtains did. evidently this curtain was too short so the left side of the curtain rod which should have had the rest of that curtain only had the bare rod visible. of course this caused her undue stress, humiliation and embarrassment, and she said she felt like a slaughtered pig on show at a freak show, especially when men stopped and 2 of them smiled and were smirking while staring at her down there which gave them a clear view to her hemmorage and genitals. btw they did have privacy screens in one cornor of the recovery room unused and available. i saw them neatly stacked, so they completely ignored her right to privacy, but gave the other recovery room patients full privacy curtains so they were shielded completely from prying eyes.

i also feel they were completely negligent in also allowing the hemmorage to continue for so long. she came from 1st attempted but uncompleted hysteroscopy due to the surgeon's collapse causing her hemmorage at 11 am into the recovery room and they finally took her into surgery for the laparascopy may hours later (late afternoon), allowing her to continue to suffer needlessly and hemmorage. i hope this can shed some light as to your question....and thank you so much for your reply.

 

[go22]

signing out and refusing further treatment

sorry but i would like to clarify all 7 reasons outlined in detail below as to why my wife felt compelled to sign herself out of the hospital, as throughout the day we both felt her life was in jeopardy by the coninued inaction and of this hospital facility, and its various medical staff.

my dear wife felt her life was in jeopardy not only by the treatment she did not receive in an expedient manner relative to the long hemmoraging, she became even more distrusting when all 3 doctors and nurses would repeatedly ignore her repeated requests for various information listed below, pertaining to her hospital privacy which was completely violated, and everyone entering and exiting from the door to the left of her bed which did not have a privacy curtain but others in recovery room beds had complete curtain coverage so no one could see what was happening inside the full drawn curtains, as well as the other reasons listed below. also please bear in mind that she signed papers but never received her official discharge papers in the early evening when she signed herself out..

1) when she awoke in the recovery room after many hours all physicians and hospital staff completely ignored her constant questions of why her surgeon had not come into the recovery room to see her when she awoke and was hemmoraging after her surgery. only after many hours of their combined indifference and refusal to answer her questions of where her surgeon was, and why he was absent, and her threat to sign herself out did they finally tell her that her surgeon who was elderly had low blood sugar and suffered a diabetic collapse in the operating room, had hit his head and was admitted to the er and then for overnight for observation.

2) their repeated combined continuing refusal to answer her right away when kept asking why she was hemmoraging and what organ, or organs were ruptured during her hystoscopy morning surgery which was not completed due to the extensive hemmorage., and why they were not perforning tests or doing another surgery to stop the hemmorage.

3) their repeated combined continuing refusal to answer her when she kept asking if the hysteroscopy was completed before her hemmorage began.

4) her hospital privacy as a patient and human being in distress was completely violated, along with her repeated ignored requests for privacy since everyone entering and exiting from the door to the left of her bed which did not have a privacy curtain had a clear view to her hemmorage and private genitals, and many men acutally stopped and watched while smirking but others in recovery room beds had complete curtain coverage which spanned from the right side to the foot of the bed, across the foot of the bed and continuing completely on the left side of the bed, thusly offering complete privacy from any stranger's prying eyes.

5) her needless stress, pain and suffering after many all hours of hemmoraging in the recovery room which went unaddressed by the negligence of the hospital surgeon on call, as well as the other 2 doctors who had accompanied the surgeon on call when all 3 doctors came in to speak with my wife periodically, and the other hospital staff, and only when she threateded to sign herself out in the late afternoon after receiving no other tests or surgey to stop the hemmorage did the surgeon who was cheking on her for hours they finally agree to do a trans vaginal sonogram followed by the laparoscopy to stop the hemmorage and repair whatever internal organs were ruptured.

6) their continued refulsal to answer her question as to which organ or organs were ruptured and repaired by the laparoscopy of which we stilll have no idea.

7) her fright at overhearing them say they wanted to admit her overnight to then do an exploratory surgery in the morning.

the bottom line is all the above cumulative grave concerns in her opinion, and mine as her huband and someone who adores her, only compounded to the ongoing distrust, fright, continued pain and distress she had felt from the moment she awoke after the morning incomplete hysteroscopy and extensive hemmorage, right through until the late afternoon when they finally agreed to do the the trans vaginal sonogram only after i blasted them, followed by the the laparoscopy and completed hysteroscopy.

were we wrong and not justified in having her sign herself out in the early evening as a result of the continued horrific medical negligence she suffered in this medical facility?

were we wroing to feel her life had not only been continaully jeopardized by their lack of human compassion and hospital expediency to stop an extensive hemmorage from the onset, compounded with their continued refusals to answer her patients right to know questions when she first asked them in order to help alleviate her continued worry , stress and pain, as well as feeling terrified if she had stayed overnight, because who knows what kind of exploratory surgery they had in mind, and if my wife would survive an overnight stay taking under consideration how many hours it took them, before they finally did the trans vaginal sonogram and the laparoscopy to stop the extensive hemmorage, followed by the completed hysteroscopy.

i hope these various multiple areas of grave concern outlined in detail above which remained unaddress by everyone at that hospital were enough to make any human being feel as thought their life was being jeopardized, and that is the God's honest truth of the way we both felt, and continue to feel.

i really hope the above 7 reasons are enough for anyone of a legal capacity after reading the horrific negligent medical treatment (or should i say lack of expedient medical treatment) my wife was subjected to for so many hours and endured. i am hoping everyone would agree that my wife was totally justified in wanting to preserve her life, by refusing to stay overnight and agree to any next day exploratory surgery. 3 surgeries in one day were more than enough, along with an extensive hemmorage caused by the surgeons diabetic collapse in surgery, which in all probability was the direct cause of my wifes extensive hemmorage.

 

[ellencee]

sorry but i would like to clarify all 7 reasons outlined in detail below as to why my wife felt compelled to sign herself out of the hospital, as throughout the day we both felt her life was in jeopardy by the coninued inaction and of this hospital facility, and its various medical staff.

my dear wife felt her life was in jeopardy not only by the treatment she did not receive in an expedient manner relative to the long hemmoraging, she became even more distrusting when all 3 doctors and nurses would repeatedly ignore her repeated requests for various information listed below, pertaining to her hospital privacy which was completely violated, and everyone entering and exiting from the door to the left of her bed which did not have a privacy curtain but others in recovery room beds had complete curtain coverage so no one could see what was happening inside the full drawn curtains, as well as the other reasons listed below. also please bear in mind that she signed papers but never received her official discharge papers in the early evening when she signed herself out..

1) when she awoke in the recovery room after many hours all physicians and hospital staff completely ignored her constant questions of why her surgeon had not come into the recovery room to see her when she awoke and was hemmoraging after her surgery. only after many hours of their combined indifference and refusal to answer her questions of where her surgeon was, and why he was absent, and her threat to sign herself out did they finally tell her that her surgeon who was elderly had low blood sugar and suffered a diabetic collapse in the operating room, had hit his head and was admitted to the er and then for overnight for observation.

2) their repeated combined continuing refusal to answer her right away when kept asking why she was hemmoraging and what organ, or organs were ruptured during her hystoscopy morning surgery which was not completed due to the extensive hemmorage., and why they were not perforning tests or doing another surgery to stop the hemmorage.

3) their repeated combined continuing refusal to answer her when she kept asking if the hysteroscopy was completed before her hemmorage began.

4) her hospital privacy as a patient and human being in distress was completely violated, along with her repeated ignored requests for privacy since everyone entering and exiting from the door to the left of her bed which did not have a privacy curtain had a clear view to her hemmorage and private genitals, and many men acutally stopped and watched while smirking but others in recovery room beds had complete curtain coverage which spanned from the right side to the foot of the bed, across the foot of the bed and continuing completely on the left side of the bed, thusly offering complete privacy from any stranger's prying eyes.

5) her needless stress, pain and suffering after many all hours of hemmoraging in the recovery room which went unaddressed by the negligence of the hospital surgeon on call, as well as the other 2 doctors who had accompanied the surgeon on call when all 3 doctors came in to speak with my wife periodically, and the other hospital staff, and only when she threateded to sign herself out in the late afternoon after receiving no other tests or surgey to stop the hemmorage did the surgeon who was cheking on her for hours they finally agree to do a trans vaginal sonogram followed by the laparoscopy to stop the hemmorage and repair whatever internal organs were ruptured.

6) their continued refulsal to answer her question as to which organ or organs were ruptured and repaired by the laparoscopy of which we stilll have no idea.

7) her fright at overhearing them say they wanted to admit her overnight to then do an exploratory surgery in the morning.

the bottom line is all the above cumulative grave concerns in her opinion, and mine as her huband and someone who adores her, only compounded to the ongoing distrust, fright, continued pain and distress she had felt from the moment she awoke after the morning incomplete hysteroscopy and extensive hemmorage, right through until the late afternoon when they finally agreed to do the the trans vaginal sonogram only after i blasted them, followed by the the laparoscopy and completed hysteroscopy.

were we wrong and not justified in having her sign herself out in the early evening as a result of the continued horrific medical negligence she suffered in this medical facility?

were we wroing to feel her life had not only been continaully jeopardized by their lack of human compassion and hospital expediency to stop an extensive hemmorage from the onset, compounded with their continued refusals to answer her patients right to know questions when she first asked them in order to help alleviate her continued worry , stress and pain, as well as feeling terrified if she had stayed overnight, because who knows what kind of exploratory surgery they had in mind, and if my wife would survive an overnight stay taking under consideration how many hours it took them, before they finally did the trans vaginal sonogram and the laparoscopy to stop the extensive hemmorage, followed by the completed hysteroscopy.

i hope these various multiple areas of grave concern outlined in detail above which remained unaddress by everyone at that hospital were enough to make any human being feel as thought their life was being jeopardized, and that is the God's honest truth of the way we both felt, and continue to feel.

i really hope the above 7 reasons are enough for anyone of a legal capacity after reading the horrific negligent medical treatment (or should i say lack of expedient medical treatment) my wife was subjected to for so many hours and endured. i am hoping everyone would agree that my wife was totally justified in wanting to preserve her life, by refusing to stay overnight and agree to any next day exploratory surgery. 3 surgeries in one day were more than enough, along with an extensive hemmorage caused by the surgeons diabetic collapse in surgery, which in all probability was the direct cause of my wifes extensive hemmorage.

You may be able to get an attorney to review your wife's claim but I expect that your wife will need to pay for medical review of the records, which will be a minimum estimate of $5,000.

Your thoughts and beliefs about what happened will have nothing to do with whether or not your wife has a viable claim of negligence or malpractice. You need to be aware that negligence and malpractice are intentional acts of failing to provide care at the minimum required level; unexpected, physical collapse of a surgeon is not an act of negligence and resulting damages are not, therefore, recoverable as being a direct result of negligence.

Your description of events is tainted by your emotional reaction, your wife's recounting of events as perceived while medicated to such a degree that her thinking/rational thought processes rendered her "legally intoxicated", your wife's emotional reactions, and your motives.

An independent, objective review of the records will be required to determine if any act of negligence occurred or if any damage occurred as a result of negligence. Any advice beyond that is conjecture and speculation.

EC

 

[loveumms]

I'm sorry but having diabetes is not a valid reason a surgeon should be forced to give up their ability and right to operate. Granted, they should watch their blood sugar closely and monitor it, having a disease which is manageable is absolutely no grounds to force anyone to stop operating. Would you allow a diabetic to drive a car? That is just as dangerous as operating considering you are taking other lives in your hands when you operate a motor vehicle.

ECs comments are very correct and maybe you should take them to heart. In your reply to me you came off as abrasive and I can only imagine how the PACU staff felt when you were offering to donate your blood and give it to your wife so you wouldn't be charged anything. First, no hospital would withhold blood from a patient who needed it and second, it would not be possible for you to donate your blood and then transfuse your wife. Even though you are related and think your blood is safe, it still has to be screened and typed. You can donate your blood the day before surgery in case you would need a transfusion however you can't just give blood and then instantaneously transfuse it.

I’m sure the doctors were monitoring your wife’s hematocrit and if it dropped below a level they felt safe they would have transfused her. You are not a physician and cannot determine how much blood she was loosing – furthermore, blood transfusions are not without risk (even if you would have donated your blood the day before for her). Some people have serious reactions to blood products which can cause death. Then there is always the risk for blood born communicable disease (very rare however the risk is still there).

Sometimes when it is your own family member who has undergone something traumatic it seems disproportionately horrific. I am sorry that this has happened to you but it doesn't justify the surgeon loosing their license and it might not possibly even result in you winning a settlement. Having hypoglycemic episode can happen to anyone (it usually occurs in diabetics however I've seen it happen to healthy young people). It is not something that can be predicted and unfortunately surgeons are humans just like everyone else and therefore have unfortunate things happen at inopportune times. That is life. I would be upset if this happened to myself however, surgery is not benign and terrible things can happen to healthy people.

 

[go22]

thanks for all of your replies.

problem posting, testing

 

[go22]

thank you all

hello again,

if any of my posts were perceived as being abrasive, that was not my intention, and i sorry that they may have been perceived that way, but both my wife and i wish to thank you all for your various replies.