I just got off of the phone with my nephew who had a colonoscopy done 10 days ago. They removed a 1cm (slightly less than 1/2 inch) polyp from his ileum. All went well until the next morning at home during breakfast. He hit the roof with pain, went to see his G.P immediately and was admitted within minutes...severe pain and vomitting...they had kincked his bowel. No biggie, 1 week and I.V. antibiotics and all was fine again but his neighbour had gone in for ulcer surgery and screamed his way through the first night until the nurses begged him to shut up. He begged for his surgeon to come back...They said it was 'normal post op pain'.
The surgeon showed up during morning rounds, palpated him and sent him down for an x-ray.
They forgot a scalpel in him!!!!!!!
A full sized scalpel.
Every single time that he moved or breathed it was slicing into him. Needless to say they took him back to O.R. immediately and had to repair some major damage.
The surgeon appologies profusely. (duh!)
Just when you thought that it was safe to go to sleep in O.R...
Sharon
Original Post