On March 3, 2015 I had the WORST most PAINFUL Bunion Surgery that anyone can imagine. Since the surgery is like living dead. Still unable to walk and/or put any weigh on right foot, experiencing restless nights, none stop pain and suffering, not only physically, but mentally as well. This has gone so far that it has totally changed not only my life, but the life of my 3 Children and family. On my second visit this DPM doctor did not give me other options to release any discomfort of the Bunion of my right foot other then, to just go ahead with the surgery. I put all my trust in this Doctor, that i thought accepting to go into surgery was the best for me. After surgery he did not give me any antibiotics in case of an infection, every week i went to see him i was concerned because wound on foot looked infected, but he will always say is perfectly fine that i don't need to be worried that it'll heal soon, but that was not the case... 3 weeks after surgery my foot was extremely swollen, calf hurting and foot had changed color from very dark red to almost purple, so i called his office left a voice message, he returned my call the next day and said to go to the Emergency room of my nearest hospital, because he was not able to see me due to him going on vacation that same day, i asked for a covering doctor he said he don't have one, so i went to the hospital, Xray was done, results came back i have a fracture bone and postsurgery defect., infection and blood clogs in my calf. I got admitted to the hospital, was put on antibiotic and "Eliquis" Blood thinner for 4 days, then got discharge home with "Elequis" blood thinner. A few hours later my Daughter had to drive me back to the hospital, i was given pain medicine after 7 hours of waiting with just pain medicine, the ER doctor came to tell me that she feels i need to be admitted, but when she spoke to my medical doctor he didn't think it was necessary that for me to follow his discharge directions of going home and continue taking "Esequil" I left the hospital feeling very weak and lightheaded, fell sleep for 4 hours, and woke up with severe chest pain and shortness of breath, so i called 911 and i was taken back to the hospital where my medical doctor had admitted me for 4 days. So i was brought back by ambulance to the hospital in less then 24 hours after being discharged. Cast Can was done of my chest, results came back that now i have "Pulmonary Embolism" Blood clogs in my lungs. I was Readmitted at the hospital again and was given "Heparin" by Ivy for 4 days. i developed asthma and sinus congestion so i was given Albuterol treatments to help with the wheezing of my lungs and Oxygen for the shortness of breath. Dealing with all the severe pain of the blood circulation of the foot surgery, not being able to walk, plus the chest pain and feeling short of breath, all these has me Traumatize, i am constantly crying every single day, hardly get enough sleep due to the pain and discomfort, loss my appetite & feeling extremely depress seeing my health dropped down a sink hole, and my life completely changed due to a Bunion surgery. Then got discharge to a Rehabilitation Center to stay for a week for physical therapy, and to top it all off my medical doctor discharged me to this facility with 2 different blood thinners medication... "Xarelto and Elequis" BIG MISTAKE!!! I Thank God for the nurse at this facility that found this very unusual and consult with me first and asked me which medication did my medical doctor told me he was going to discharge me with to this new facility, and i said "Xarelto" so then the nurse confirmed with my doctor and he he admitted "Esequil" was added to my discharge papers by mistake. I am very overwhelmed, can't hardly sleep with so much pain, thinking and asking my self if i should trust any other doctor with my health. Before this Bunion Surgery i had a normal life, did not have a fracture bone or pain in big toe, now i am again out of my house where i was able to take care of my kids now they have to take care of me, is not fare for my children to see their mother in and out of hospitals, all this has affected their grades in high school, how they suffering not seeing me at home with them and be united as a family again in our own home. How much more pain and suffering me and my kids and family have to go through,because of a doctor's mistake. I am still staying at the Rehabilitation center for physical therapy because i am still not able to walk, can only manage to move around with the use of a wheelchair, i am being treated for blood clogs in the vain of my calf and Pulmonary Embolism and seeing a Psychologist for Emotional Damage. PLEASE CAN ANY LAWYER PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, BECAUSE TO MY UNDERSTANDING AND IN EVERYONE EYES THIS SHOULD OF NEVER HAPPEN. If not i guess i am going have to live with what my "DPM" (foot surgery Doctor) said to me when he came to see me at the hospital this were his words.... "Elda i am very sorry you are going through all this health issues, but at least ONE of 1,000 of bunion surgery patients end up having complications, and i guess YOU ARE ONE OF THE UNLUCKY ONES" Now how can i live with this for the rest of my life, i didn't choose to be ONE OF THE UNLUCKY ONES, I was never told beforeahead what complication can arise from this surgery. IS NOT FARE TO ME OR MY CHILDREN TO SEE ME EVERYDAY GETTING MORE SICK, JUST BECAUSE DOCTOR SAID I WAS UNLUCKY. WHILE HE WENT ON VACATION I WAS DYING IN PAIN AT A HOSPITAL FOR HIS IRRESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT FOLLOWING CARE AS HE SUPPOSED TO
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