How’d you like to go in for a routine laparoscopic gall bladder surgery and end up losing both your legs? That’s what happened in California earlier this month.
Airman First Class Colton Read went in for the surgery at Travis Air Force Base’s David Grant Medical Center, expecting to get in, get it done, and get out.
No such luck. Things went terribly wrong. During the July 9 procedure, the doctors hit an aorta that carries blood from the heart to other parts of the body. They tried to fix it, but Airman Read’s circulation was severely impaired.
They rushed him to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento where they had to amputate his legs. Since then, he’s gone through ten surgeries. Authorities are investigating the case.
And you know what? He still hasn’t had his gall bladder removed.
2 comments:
That is very frightening. Any kind of medical procedure is scary enough as is but that is a major screw up. Poor guy!
OMG! I guess my day without cell phone service the other day is really not that big of a deal, huh?
Hope the guy gets the future assistance that he needs!
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