Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD A LEFT LAPIDUS BUNIONECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2019 AT (B)(6) SURGERY CENTER IN (B)(6). I WAS TOLD ON (B)(6) TO LOOSEN THE BANDAGE AFTER I SOUGHT MEDICAL DEVICE VIA THE NURSELINE AND THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE INTENSE PAIN I FELT. THE PAIN CHANGED IN THE COMING DAYS. OVER THE NEXT WEEK I COULD SEE IT GETTING MORE RED, IRRITATED. ON (B)(6) I REMOVED THE BANDAGE TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, KNOWING I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT 4 PM ON (B)(6). THE TOP OF MY FOOT WAS COVERED WITH BURNING, BUBBLING, BLISTERS. ONE HAD BROKEN OPEN AND CONTINUOUSLY OOZED. I CALLED THE DOCTOR ON (B)(6) AND MOVED MY APPOINTMENT TO THEIR EARLIEST AVAILABLE, 1 PM. WITHIN MOMENTS OF THEM UNWRAPPING, THE DOCTOR NOTED THAT I MUST BE ALLERGIC TO THE MASTISOL HE USED TO ADHERE THE ZIPLINE. HE SAID HE HAD SEEN IT 2-3X BEFORE AND THAT IT WAS CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS APPLIED WAS WHERE THE BLISTERS WERE. DOCTOR APPLIED TO HELP ADHERE ZIPLINE POST-SURGERY.