About eleven years ago, my wife, Marilyn, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She entered some sort of a "controlled" program. The procedure worked and she has been free of and is still free of the cancer.
Then some years later, she started having heart problems, and among other things was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure, which was attributed to the medication she had taken during her cancer treatment.. She has suffered from "dizzy spells" and lightheartedness for about nine years. This necessitated the implanting of a "Pacemaker/Defibrillator" in her shoulder a few months ago. Dizziness, lightheaded spells have continued.
One morning, a few weeks back, her Defibrillator started going off, 37 times in an hour, and, at the hospital later on that day a few more times. They had to operate and re install the unit. Wires may have dislodged during a VERY slight fall she took in our hallway.
Still, dizzy and lightheaded spells, have to help her get up out of a chair to make sure she is OK.
Last Monday, we were shopping, checking out, and in an instant that my back was turned, she was on the floor. She apparently just passed out, and in doing so gave herself a bloody nose, and at the hospital, she was diagnosed with a broken arm, between the elbow and the shoulder, apparently the area where there is nothing much that can be done. Keep the arm in the sling and take pain pills.
My question to a lawyer.. This can ALL be attributed to the taking of that drug. She has gone literally through hell because of that drug. DOES SHE HAVE ANY RECOURSE????????
Please EMAIL me with any ideas or suggestions. We live in Newark, Ohio. Certainly she is entitled to something for all that she has gone through. All we see is "frivolous" lawsuits, I think she is justified in receiving some sort of compensation for all that she has gone through, and is still going through. She will be in pain and in that sling for four to six weeks,
And, now, also, we have the dread fear of her Defibrillator wires being pulled out, and more episodes of her being shocked, comparable to sticking your finger in a light socket, each one accompanied by a "blood curdling" scream.
She deserves something for what she has gone through. Even an EMAIL might cheer her up, but I would really like to receive a legal opinion.
