Newborn surgery: Looking for some clarity/advice

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Ouch, that’s nasty. 😢 Who would have thought it was actually dangerous.

At first, they claimed it was some kind of heart issue.

Well, the autopsy report just came back. Turns out the heart—and basically every other internal organ (aside from the Hirschsprung)—was perfectly fine. The surgeon didn't close the incision properly. The wound got infected... Escherichia hit the lungs... and at that point, there wasn't much anyone could do. 🙂

My little nephew died because of a surgeon's mistake. Because the surgery was left unfinished... because the wound wasn't stitched up right... 🙂 🙂

And now I'm traveling for the funeral. 🙂

this is just too much.......

I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. 😢

I know how much you’re hurting right now... but there is one thing I’m struggling to understand: you mentioned that the surgeon didn't stitch up the stoma. A stoma actually can't be stitched closed; it has to remain open. By definition, a stoma is when the bowel is brought through the abdominal wall to allow waste to exit when it can't pass through the body naturally.

Regarding the cause of death being sepsis from Escherichia coli... it’s more likely that the bacteria entered the bloodstream because the little one's immune system was simply overwhelmed and exhausted by the procedure...
And even a subclavian catheter can serve as an entry point for pathogens into the bloodstream...

Regardless, I know this is devastating... we are all feeling this weight with you...

frozencobra37 said:My little nephew passed away because of a surgeon's mistake. A botched surgery... unstitched wounds... 🙂 🙂

And now I'm stuck traveling for the funeral 🙂

this is just too much.......

Oh, damn it, why do such tiny little beings have to die? 😢 😢 😢 And sepsis, for God's sake. 😢

P.S. It wasn't actually a surgeon's error, so don't go judging anyone based on half-baked info and ignorance—nimbleskipper13 laid out everything perfectly well enough.

Oh man, 😢
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It’s on the surgeon. The pathologist left zero room for doubt. The surgeon is actually solid, but I guess he just had a massive lapse in judgment on this specific case... and now he’s stuck in the ER after seeing the autopsy report.

nimbleskipper13, my bad, I misspoke. The stoma itself was constructed perfectly, but the rest of the bowel wasn't. That section leading down to the anus—which stayed closed off after the ostomy—wasn't sutured properly. The pathologist said the whole thing was basically incomplete, leaving a part of the bowel wide open to the abdominal cavity... he even mentioned he's never performed an autopsy on a healthier kid before 🙂

Lies shouldn't be this small... or this white... 🙂 I'm the one who laid him in the grave..

Absolutely devastating 😢

My deepest condolences to you and your family.