my mom is in the national guard and had surgery were they had to put in an acute port into her chest and this was done at the v.a. hospital they told her they would be putting her asleep for the operation so they put the iv in her and then take her to surgery well they started to cut and my mom told them to stop cuz she could feel it and remember she was supposed to be asleep during this well they continue on and she is still telling them to stop and crying and screaming but they don't stop she tells them that she can feel everything and that the meds aren't working but still they don't stop to see why she is awake and talking to them. finally they get done with the surgery and she goes into recovery and the nurse there said she wasn't expecting her to be awake but asleep my mom tells her she never was asleep and then they realized the reason her meds weren't workin was because they didn't get into her blood stream they stayed in her arm. we filled a complaint to the medical advacate
2007-08-01 13:09:30 · 3 answers · asked by partyprincess8186 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
she was awake and they were cutting into her so she didn't move and even the docters and nurses all came out to us and said that she was awake. why would someone lie about something like that, steven? she was in pain but knew that if she moved she would be in more pain because they were cuting into her chest right below her neck so she stayed still. she has been through several surgeries befor cuz she had breast cancer but this one she was awake and fully aware of everything and in pain and talkin to the docters
2007-08-01 13:57:30 · update #1
She MAY have be aware, but she was NOT telling them to stop. There have been cases of people being operated on that were never fully sedated. However, if she was able to SAY anything, she would have been MOVING enough to make surgery physically impossible. Your story is simply not possible as stated.
2007-08-01 13:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can sue hospitals for that. If it was agreed that she'd be put under and she had to go through that, there's a lot of liability issues there. There've been many cases like this, you do have the right to sue the doctors and/or hospital.
2007-08-01 20:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy not good there.Somebody didn't administer correctly.
2007-08-01 20:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋