THIS IS A STORY THAT SICKENS MY STOMACH

I RECEIVED THIS FROM A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S FAMILY IS IN NEED OF ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET,

TY FOR HELPING

DEBBY MANY NATIONS FERGUSON

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THIS IS A STORY THAT SICKENS MY STOMACH AS I AM WRITING ABOUT IT. THIS IS A STORY THAT WILL BREAK YOUR HEART OR MAKE YOU MAD AS HELL. MY SISTER HAS SUFFERED FOR 11 MONTHS BECAUSE OF A DOCTOR THAT HAS HIS HEADS SO FAR IN THE CLOUDS.

IT WAS 7:30 ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010. JO MY SISTER WAS READY TO HAVE HER KNEES REPLACED.

THE FAMILY WAS THERE TO SUPPORT HER THROUGH THIS ORDEAL, THE SUN POKES IT HEAD OUT OFF AND ON ALL MORNING. A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS WERE DISCUSSING WHAT THE DOCTOR HAD SAID TO HIS COWORKER'S BEFORE HE STARTED OPERATING ON MY SISTER. HE HAD STATED HE NEEDED TO BE SOMEWHERE . THAT TOLD US THAT HIS HEART WASN'T WHERE IT SHOULD BE. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I HAVE NEVER SEE THIS MAN. I HOPE I NEVER DO.

JO'S SURGERY GOES WELL. WELL WE THOUGHT IT HAD.. A MONTH INTO RECOVERY SHE COME HOME. WE THOUGHT PERHAPS SHE WOULD BE WALKING BY SUMMER. ABOUT 7:00 ONE NIGHT I GOT A CALL FROM MY SISTER CAROL TELLING SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT WITH OUR SISTER. SHE HAD QUIT EATING AND WASN'T SAYING ANYTHING AT ALL. I DROVE THE 15 MILES TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO.

I FOUND JO IN A SEVERE STATE OF PAIN. SHE SAID IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN HER RIGHT HIP. NOTHING I COULD DO WAS HELPING HER. CAROL MY OTHER SISTER WAS SO UPSET THAT SHE COULDN'T HELP HER. AFTER A FEW HOURS I WENT ON HOME WORRIED AND CONFUSED WHAT COULD BE DONE.

THAT NIGHT THEY TOOK BY AMBULANCE BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. THE NEXT 12 DAYS WERE PURE HELL FOR JO. THE COULDN'T CONTROL THE PAIN SHE WAS HAVING . THEY RUN EVERY KIND OF XRAY AND TEST THEY COULD PERFORM ON HER. STILL THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH HER.

THEY STARTED HER ON PHYSICAL THERAPY . FORCING HER AND TELLING HER THIS WA NORMAL . ON THE 12 DAY THE THERAPIST COULDN'T TAKE HER CRYING ANY MORE. SHE BEGGED THE DOCTOR TO XRAY BETWEEN THE HIP AND THE KNEE. THE OTHER XRAY'S FOCUSED ON HER KNEE AND HIP. WELL THEY FOUND THE HER FEMUR WAS TWISTED AND SPLINTERED ABOVE HER KNEE. MY HUSBAND WENT TO VISIT HER THE NEXT DAY. HE WAS THERE WHEN THE DOCTOR COME IN AND ACCUSED HER OF FALLING AND BREAKING HER LEG. BRIAN SAID THE DOCTOR TREATED HER HARSHLY. HE COME HOME UPSET. MEAN WHILE THEY FOUND A BLOOD CLOT IN HER LEFT LEG. THIS HOSPITAL WAS GOING TO SHIP HER OFF TO A NURSING HOME BEFORE THEY FOUND THE SPLINTERED LEG. LIKE I SAID THIS STORY WILL NEED TO BE TOLD IN PARTS BECAUSE YOU WHAT IS TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS UNBELIEVABLE AT SOME POINTS. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL POSTINGS.

AFTER A MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL , SHE WAS HOME SOMETIME IN MAY. SHE KNEW SHE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN TO HAVE HER ONE KNEE CAP PUT IN PLACE. YOU SEE THE DOC HADN'T DONE HIS JOB AGAIN. MY SISTER HAD BEEN PUT ON BLOOD THINNERS FOR THE BLOOD CLOT. THE DOC SAID THAT SHE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL HER BLOOD THICKEN TO HAVE THE OTHER SURGERY.

MEAN WHILE SHE IS UP WALKING WITH A WALKER. JUNE , JULY AND THEN ON 08/23/2O10. SHE WENT BACK IN. WE WERE HOPING THIS TO BE AN ENDING TO A NIGHTMARE. SHE WAS HOME WITHIN 3 WEEKS. HEALING UP NICELY WE THOUGHT SHE WENT IN TO HAVE HER STAPLES TAKEN OUT.

THE NURSE LOOK AT HER LEG AND SAID SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT. JO,S KNEE WAS BLACK AND BLUE. THE NURSE WAS ASKING THE DOC LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT LOOKED. HE CAME AND SAID SHE IS FINE. THAT WAS A FRIDAY. SATURDAY MORNING SHE GOT UP WITH DRAINAGE FROM HER KNEE. SHE NOTICED IT HURT MORE. FRED TOOK HER BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ADMITTED , THAT AFTERNOON SHE TOLD THE DOCTOR SHE WASN'T HAPPY WITH WHAT HAD HAPPENED. YOU SEE AN INFECTION HAD SET UP IN HER LEG.

THE DOCTOR LOOKS AT HER AND SAID " SHIT HAPPENS" . YOU SEE THREE OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME. EVERYONE WAS IN SUCH SHOCK. WITHIN A FEW DAYS , IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INFECTION WAS A FORM OF (E-COLI ). THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO GO BACK IN AND GET THE KNEECAP BACK OUT. ANOTHER DOCTOR STEPPED IN FOR MY SISTER. HE TOOK OVER WHERE THE OTHER LEFT OFF. THEY PUT A MEDIC BLOCK IN WHERE THE KNEE CAP WAS.

SATURDAY , MORNING I CALLED MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND ANSWERED. I SAID RICHARD " HOW IS JO?" he SAID SHARI SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT HERE. HER EYES KEEP ROLLING BACK IN HEAD. YOU SEE RICHARD WAS EXHAUSTED AT THIS POINT. HE DIDN'T GET TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL 10:00 AM. WELL RIGHT THEN I CALLED STARTED CALLING FAMILY MEMBERS. AN HOUR AN HALF LATER HER SIBLING WERE THERE WITH HER. AT THIS POINT SHE WAS IN A COMA AND THINGS WERE STARTING TO SHUT DOWN. NO ONE COULD GIVE US ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.

OF COURSE , SHE WAS IN ICU AT THIS TIME. THEY WERE PUMPING DIFFERENT MEDS INTO HER, HOPING AND PRAYING SOMETHING WOULD WORK.

THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH HER AT ALL THE TIMES. THIS WA LIKE OUR FATHER DIEING ALL OVER AGAIN.NURSES WHO HAD SEEN HER SUFFER WERE COMING TO US CRYING FOR HER. ALL WE COULD DO IS WAIT. THE TEARS BEING SHE FOR HER WERE LIKE A FLOWING RIVER. PRAYERS WERE FLOWING TOO.

THEN A LITTLE BANNED OF US ALL GATHERED IN THE ROOM LAID HAND AND PRAYED OVER HER. THE NEXT DAY SHE IMPROVED. DAY BY DAY FOR A WEEK OUR

( DOE DOE ) WAS GETTING BETTER.

SINCE THEN JO HAS WENT IN AND HAD ANOTHER BLOCK PUT IN THE INFECTION WAS STILL THERE IN THE END OF NOVEMBER. THE NEW DOC TOLD US THAT IF THIS BLOCK DIDN'T WORK. HER LEG MIGHT HAVE TO COME OFF.

SO LAST WEEK THE VAC CAME OFF . WHEN I TALKED TO HER THIS EVENING SHE TOLD ME THAT A SCAB WAS STARTING TO APPEAR. REMEMBER SHE HAS BEEN ON MEDS FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW.

WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE WILL KNOW MORE. THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THE NEW PUT IN. MY BROTHER PUT IT BEST , "ITS BETTER TO HAVE A ONE LEGGED JO JO THEN NO JO JO AT ALL. THESE ARE THE WORDS MY BRAVE LITTLE DOE DOE SHARED WITH ME TONIGHT. I WAS SOBBING FOR HER .

THEN WITH THAT SHE TOLD ME TO COME AND SEE HER, OR SHE WOULD BE PISSED AND EAT MY PIE.

WELL ILL KEEP YOU POSTED, PLEASE KEEP MY FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS

TY

SHERI

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF JO