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Post a new topicby livingwith on Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:03 pm

I had a minor surgery in 1998 when the doctor’s equipment came apart, he thought he repaired and continued the surgery. The equipment was reinserted and the surgen accidently cut into my major organs. What started out being a 1 hr surgery turned into long 7 hr surgery.
Within 24 to 48 hrs after the surgery I developed ARDS from the trama of the long surgery. I was in the hospital for 25 days, in ICU for 4-5 days, I developed pneumonia I was on IV antiboic’s, full face oxygen, had ...Read the full article
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