- Dec 27, 2001
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A rare serious thread from me...I know.
My sister had to have emergency surgery on Monday to remove parts of her gall bladder and rebuild her bile duct. She apparently had a stone stuck and it caused gangrene in her gall bladder and shredded her bile duct. She is ok now but she has to wear a nasty drain tube for a week or so.
Here's where the suing comes in: She went to the ER 2 weeks ago for the same problem (pain in her abdomen). They gave her morphine (YIKES) and sent her home. So the problem persisted for 2 weeks and I assume because of the morphine, she didn't realize how bad it had gotten. The initial hospital completely missed what was going on, caused her 2 weeks of suffering and made it so she had to have emergency surgery and wear a stinky drain tube.
Would you sue? Neither my sister or myself are lawsuit kinds of people but this is a rather big deal. I would hate to see what the emergency surgery alone cost, let alone the hospital stay afterwards.
Serious replies are appreciated.
My sister had to have emergency surgery on Monday to remove parts of her gall bladder and rebuild her bile duct. She apparently had a stone stuck and it caused gangrene in her gall bladder and shredded her bile duct. She is ok now but she has to wear a nasty drain tube for a week or so.
Here's where the suing comes in: She went to the ER 2 weeks ago for the same problem (pain in her abdomen). They gave her morphine (YIKES) and sent her home. So the problem persisted for 2 weeks and I assume because of the morphine, she didn't realize how bad it had gotten. The initial hospital completely missed what was going on, caused her 2 weeks of suffering and made it so she had to have emergency surgery and wear a stinky drain tube.
Would you sue? Neither my sister or myself are lawsuit kinds of people but this is a rather big deal. I would hate to see what the emergency surgery alone cost, let alone the hospital stay afterwards.
Serious replies are appreciated.