Description of Event or Problem · 1
I AM PUTTING THIS IN WRITING. ON (B)(6) 2010, MY HUSBAND CALLED FROM THE LIVING ROOM. I WAS IN MY KITCHEN AND AS I TURNED TO SEE WHAT HE NEEDED, I FELT MY HIP REPLACEMENT SLIP OUT OF THE JOINT. I COULD HEAR MY FEMUR CRACKING. AT THAT TIME I LET MYSELF DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND WE CALLED 911. DOCTOR (B)(6) PERFORMED SURGERY TO REPLACE THE HIP AND TO REPAIR THE SPIRAL FRACTURE OF MY FEMUR. AFTER A STAY AT (B)(6) NURSING HOME AND SOME THERAPY I WENT HOME. IN EARLY (B)(6) DR. (B)(6) SAID THAT I COULD START PUTTING SOME WEIGHT ON IT, WHILE USING A WALKER. AFTER A FEW DAYS I COULD SEE THAT MY LEG WAS BENDING SO I WENT IN FOR AN XRAY. IT SHOWED THAT THE ROD THAT WAS PUT IN HAD BROKEN AND HAD REBROKEN THE FEMUR. I WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO THE HOSP. DR. (B)(6) THEN DID SURGERY TO REPLACE THE ROD AND REPAIR THE FEMUR. AT THIS TIME, HE ALSO DID A BONE GRAFT TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE FEMUR AND TO PROMOTE BONE GROWTH. THE ROD BROKE ON (B)(6). I HAVE BEEN WALKING ON IT WHILE USING A WALKER, SINCE LATE (B)(6) AND SO FAR IT IS HEALING SUCCESSFULLY. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE ROD THAT WAS USED. I FEEL THAT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS PUT INTO YOUR BODY IT SHOULD LAST MY LIFETIME. I HAVE SUFFERED PAIN, MENTALLY AND CERTAINLY PHYSICALLY. ALSO WE LIVE ON A SMALL FIXED INCOME AND THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE BURDEN. AS FAR AS AN ADDRESS FOR THE PRODUCTS USED, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE HOSP AND OR THE DOCTORS KNOW WHO THEY GET THEIR PRODUCTS FROM.