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    Default Addendicitis Complications

    My question involves medical malpractice in the state of: Alaska

    A little less than 2 years ago, my wife's appendix ruptured. She went to the ER and reported right lower quadrant abdominal pain and it was misdiagnosed as an ovarian cyst and she was sent home. When the pain finally became too much she demanded more tests and they finally discovered the real reason for her pain. The surgeon then messed up the first surgery and she had to have a second surgery just a week later (we were not charged for the 2nd surgery). We strongly considered legal action, but decided against it.

    Today my wife is going back to the doctor for severe lower right abdominal pain and I strongly suspect that it is a complication of the ruptured appendix.

    Had it not been for the initial misdiagnosis (they didn't even do a white blood cell count) she probably wouldn't be going through any of this, and the botched first surgery certainly didn't help matters. She went through incredible suffering before, during, and especially after the surgeries and if she needs another one I'm going to be furious to say the least.

    What are my options here if I want to initiate legal action? How would I go about it? We have all the medical records from the whole incident and it lines out everything, even their mistakes.

    Thanks for any info!

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    Default Re: Addendicitis Complications

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    My question involves medical malpractice in the state of: Alaska

    A little less than 2 years ago, my wife's appendix ruptured. She went to the ER and reported right lower quadrant abdominal pain and it was misdiagnosed as an ovarian cyst and she was sent home. When the pain finally became too much she demanded more tests and they finally discovered the real reason for her pain. The surgeon then messed up the first surgery and she had to have a second surgery just a week later (we were not charged for the 2nd surgery). We strongly considered legal action, but decided against it.

    Today my wife is going back to the doctor for severe lower right abdominal pain and I strongly suspect that it is a complication of the ruptured appendix.

    Had it not been for the initial misdiagnosis (they didn't even do a white blood cell count) she probably wouldn't be going through any of this, and the botched first surgery certainly didn't help matters. She went through incredible suffering before, during, and especially after the surgeries and if she needs another one I'm going to be furious to say the least.

    What are my options here if I want to initiate legal action? How would I go about it? We have all the medical records from the whole incident and it lines out everything, even their mistakes.

    Thanks for any info!
    Your wife can always have an attorney who specialized in medical mapractice have the record reviewed.

    However, even if everything went right, there is still a risk for adhesions or scar tissue at the surgical site (yes, even internally) which will cause the pain you describe. The informed consent she signed addressed the risks.

    There is also a chance that she actually may have an ovairian cyst. How did they come to that conclusion the first time? Ultrasound? Pelvic exam?

    Any of us can speculate on the many plausible senarios that could have taken place, but none of us were examining your wife at the time.

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