is there anyone thats been through this?

i had my tummy tuck on december 8, 2 weeks after that i went to my plastic sergeon because i thought i was infected his nurse told me that i wasnt infected and that the redness, swelling and discharge were normal. well on christmas night i came down with a fever and i called my plastic surgeon and he was really rude because i called him at 11:30 at night. i told him that i didnt have a thermometer that was working but that i was absolutly sure i had a fever. i asked him if i should go to the emergency room and he bit my head off and said that it was impossible for me to be infected and that i didnt even really know if i had a fever and not to call him back until the morning and not to go to the emergency room to wait until monday to go to his office. i sent my husband to walgreens to get a thermometer and my temp was 102.7 so i paged my sergeon back and he wouldnt return any of my calls. i waited until the morning and took my temp again and it was 103.3 i paged him 2 more times he still wouldnt call me back. My husband and my mom took me to the emergency room, when i got there my temp was 103.5 and by the time they got me in to see them it was 103.8 my blood pressure was 78/27, my heart rate was 145 and the doctor said i was becoming septic and that i might not make it throught the night, they were asking my in the emergency room (even before i went to the ICU) if i wanted the chaplin to sit with me and my family. well here i am 12 days later at home, they had to open my tummy tuck inscion and clean out a huge infected puss pocket. my wound is still open and i have a wound vac attached to me 23 hrs a day for 2 months. my infection had gotten so bad that i now have to have an at home health care proffesional come to my house every other day for a wound change and i also have to stay on intravenious drugs for 2 months at home, because the type of infection i got from surgery is not responsive to oral antibiotics, my plastic sergeon still will not talk to me, i dont know what to do or how to deal with this i feel that my plastic sergeon thinks of me as a stupid 24 year old, its like he didnt even care if i died. any advice on how to deal with this legally or emotionally would be greatly appreciated.

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