The legal team representing the hospital that messed up has said that the hernia occurred because I am overweight, the report has now come back that the cause of the hernia was due to a number of facts;
1) That after the first surgery I was given no antibiotics as a precaution
2) Before being discharged I was complaining of pain and discharge from the wound site
3) After being advised by a top consultant in London not to give me methotrexate they proceeded to do so, a side effect from the drug can be infection
4) 3 days after being discharged I was readmitted via ambulance with severe discharge , high temp and severe discomfort to stomach area
5) Antibiotics were started the following day, where I was diagnosed with cellulitis and septicemia
6) After being discharged 7 days later while still taking oral antibiotics I was readmitted in to hospital with signs of internal bleeding, they took me down for surgery
7) Open opening me up they found dead tissue, 2 litres of blood in the stomach cavity and the other tube was removed
He has summarised the following
After that 1st surgeon operated he made no note of how he closed me and the only notes were a diagram of what he removed, and notes to say that he was unable to perform laparoscopy due to adhesion's and in turn had to do a laparotomy, that was it!!!!!
He has said that although I am overweight it had nothing to do with the reason I had the hernia, it was due to the fact that I had been opened a 2nd time while having a severe infection and the time span in being opened again.
He has also noted that there is a strong chance of the hernia reoccurring, it was very large and it may affect my bowl as the mesh has been attached to the rectum sheath (sorry, that grossed me out too).
I am pleased with the report but also upset, I never knew that I had septicemia, it seems every time I get another report I find even more crap that happened to me during that period!
I don't understand their legal team fighting every single thing, they have admitted fault for the original surgery and thats it, every report that is being prepared is just making them look even worse!
Just one more guy to see now, a psychologist on their side
