Poor Ash!!!!!! We went into the hospital on Tuesday for a C.T. Scan to check that the plates were in the right place on Ashling's knees. We thought this was a standard practice after eight-plate surgery.
But it turned out that the plates on Ashling's right knee were too high and too small. Apparently the surgeons had decided to put different plates in her two knees???? and the ones on one side weren't sitting where they should have been. They had actually been a bit suspicious of such!
Of course we didn't realise any of this until Tuesday and needless to say, we were extremely upset and angry. So poor Ashling had to go through the whole thing again 48hrs later, on Thursday morning. They took out the two plates and 4 screws on her right knee and then replaced them lower down on the knee. The surgery went well and this time, they had the foresight to actually get the CT scan done while she was still in surgery and make sure that they had put them in correctly.
So now Ashling is trying to recover from yesterday's surgery, with fresh wounds and wounds that had nearly healed on her right leg, as well as the wounds on her left leg that have nearly healed. She has been absolutely amazing and our hearts have bled for her over the past few days. She's the bravest person I've ever known.
Feeling very disheartened with the medical system right now! But I suppose at least the mistake was noticed and rectified now, rather than in 6 months time.
Thanks for reading this xxx
