Husband having surgery Tuesday 3/2

Mary..this is just alful..failure to diagnose
www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneysblog.com/2009/06/medical_malpractice_failure_to_diagnose_compartment_syndrome.html

pat

Hoping for the best!

Mike

Today is Tuesday 1 week ago he was in surgery. So Orthopedic dr. finally came in to see my husband. He does infact think He has compartment syndrone. Ofcourse I wasn't here when he came in and so this info is from my husband. He said the window of opportunity had passed where they make an incision to let the swelling have some place to go. What he didn't say was what he thougth the long term prognosis might be. We think he is coming by again today so I will have a lot of questions. I'm sure all of you have read up on the subject and know that amputation can be an end result. My husband is very alert today and is mostly relying on the 3 oxycodone every 4 hours for pain. He still has the morphine pump but is trying no to use it. He is on total bed rest because of this leg. The really great news is that they gave him supositories today and he had a bowel movement.
That means chicken broth for dinner. Yipee! He hasn't eaten in 9 days. We are also having some problems with skin breaking down, like on his bottom etc. Ok, I'll let you all know what happens.
Mary

Mary,

NOTHING said under the influence of morphine counts. The brain is all screwed up with morphine and can cause the mouth to say things that are not meant to be said.

Let all that go and don't even think about it. He was out of his head.

Mike

Thanksn everyone. The dr, said he did not think it was compartment sysndrome. When he say why my cell phone rang nd I didn't catch everything. I read up on it and it does seem to fit. I also read up on lymphedema and there are a lot of similarities. Anyway they turned down his morphine and he came back to the real world. I think for the first time he is demanding an explanation. Before I was the one and he was getting very annoyed with me because he said I was embarassing him. He needs to get mad and take charge which is what I think he is doing now. I finally came home last night and I am on my way back now. I'm about 50 minutes away. I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks everyone I really appreciate you all letting me vent and esp. all the great advice. Rick I sure hope I am not scaring you and your wife. Make sure she has a computer so she can keep in touch. I bought this little notebook for that reason.
Mary

Duke, How true, That is exactly how I felt. I was all worked up for what? Even once they took the epidural out, I really wasn't in much pain.

I feel bad Mary, things should not be going this bad for you.
Jim