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When I went in to have an Achilles tendon repair, I woke up from surgery and the nurse WALKED me to bathroom. My foot was bleeding a lot, to the point of dripping. and when the nurse saw it, instead of removing the plaster splint, she rewrapped it two times and sent me home... stating, keep it propped up and see your dr in two weeks.. When I got to dr. and cast was removed, I had a stage 4 wound on my heel.. This has resulted in me not going back to work, they are threatening my job and possible loss of benefits. All because the time its taking to heal. Within 4 weeks it infected and had to be debried.. I called his office everyday trying to get answers for the amt of pain I was in. And his nurse insisted I wait.. No antibiotics were ever prescribed and the hospital knew I was a diabetic..
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You may have a viable case against the doctor or whoever applied the cast. Get hold of your telephone records as soon as possible so that you can corroborate the fact that you made calls to his office.
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Answered on Jun 06th, 2013 at 1:36 PM