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I just had my appendix out because it ruptured. I had gone in twice before and it was missed. My pain started 16 days before my surgery. On day 6 I went in and the ER doctor said my white count was normal and my urine showed an infection so he gave me an antibiotic. I got mostly better but then in about a week I started feeling queasy again and went in. The ER doctor said my urine showed an infection and gave me a different medicine. They didn''t do other bloodwork that time. I kept getting worse and 2 days later went back to the ER and they did a scan which showed a ruptured appendix. Now I had a bigger surgery and will miss several weeks of work. Is this even worth my time to pursue?
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Michael Clancy
Unfortunately, it's hard to answer your questions without actually seeing the records of you visits to the ER prior to the rupture. Typically, a med mal lawyer will either gather or have you gather the records and then he or she will look at them to decide whether it makes sense to incur the cost of sending the file out to an expert for review. How you recover from this point forward will have an impact on the damages, and that's something else a reviewing lawyer will want to talk to you about. There shouldn't be a fee charged for the lawyer to evaluate your case, but s/he might require you to reimburse them for the their out of pocket expenses (which would be the cost of any records that you don't get yourself and the cost of the first expert review).
I'm sorry that you've had a tough time. I hope this gives you some guidance. Best of luck.
Michael Clancy
Answered on Dec 01st, 2011 at 1:02 PM