My husband broke his ankle on 10-18-04, we went to the e.R. Where they x rayed him and told him he only had a sprain, follow up in 2 days with xxx Dr. Well 2 days later I called to follow up- I was told the soonest appointment was 6 days away- well I told them that I believed the ankle was broken not sprained she replied with well you should have called 2 days ago---we went to our pcp and she said yup looks fractured you need to go to a specialist- 1st specialist looked at e.R. X rays and said yes definitely broken- and ordered results from e.R. About the x ray. The report says comminuted fracture as well as avultion...He took more xrays and said he thinks surgery is needed but he diesnt do surgery so off to another specialist. More xrays taken now we needed an mri- 3 days later we were told he needed surgery. 3 days after that he had surgery. Now it is nov. 4th.
I filed a complaint against the follow up doctor for not acting with any type of urgency and perhaps causing this long delay in treatment.- who should have notified me of the discrepency of the diagnosis and the x ray report?
Thank for any input- p.S. Since my husbands job does not have disabilty benefits, this delay in treatment has cost us a lot more than just time!
Shay