ptsd Why Would They Add This?

[63SIERRA]

I was checking ebennies on my wifes claims and they added "( adjustment disorder}. She already had put in for depression,16 months ago, and it was listed in the contentions, so we dont know who, added the adjustment disorder or why. also the claim recently moved to pending authorization of descison. If it all falls undet PTSD, why would they add that.

Edited December 26, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[free_spirit_etc]

I am not sure, but you might have to wait until your son reaches the age of majority and then he can sue on his own behalf (with a guardian ad litem's assistance). I am thinking that until a child is 18, the parents have the right to sue (subject to any statute of limitations). If the parents do not sue, then the statute of limitations for the child to sue in their own behalf starts when the child reaches the age of majority.

By all means get all the info you can now though - and start building the case.

Edited December 28, 2013 by free_spirit_etc

[free_spirit_etc]

on the old medicine bottles of the meds they were prescribing her that gave her massive headaches and she had to stop taking, it said FOR DEPRESSION. not FOR adjustment disorder.

I don't think they ever put your diagnosis on your medicine bottle. They put what the medicine is for on the medicine bottle. If you have arthritis and take pain relievers, the medicine bottle won't say "For arthritis." It will say "For pain."

[63SIERRA]

heres the resent case which mirrors what happened to us pretty closely except my son has autism spectrum disorder. but lots more, such as seizures. I believe it was due to lack of oxygen to his brain. we have photos of his veins bulging in his forhead, from them squeezing so hard, and pulling so long on his head to get him out. his face was black and blue from the forecepts, pulling so hard for so long.

as I said, even the PA that sewed my wife up after they tore her open said we should sue them. she was really upset, and seemed to resent the doctor that delivered my son.

Think abt it, how may PA s will say something like that, knowing it could come back to them, telling a patient, that they should sue the hospital, because the doctor is a butcher.

http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/military-hospital-cp-settlement-57918/

Edited December 28, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[free_spirit_etc]

. I believe it was due to lack of oxygen to his brain.

What do his doctors think?

[free_spirit_etc]

S63,

Have they ever done any testing on your son for brain injury?

[free_spirit_etc]

Not that it would be definite proof, but they can tell things about brain injuries with certain tests. When my son was being treated in the hospital and having anger outbursts, I told the doctor I didn't think it was just a matter of him controlling his anger. I had noticed that right before the outbursts, his eyes would kind of vibrate and then right after them he would look kind of stunned like he had no clue what had just happened, like he was coming out of a trance or something.

The doctor decided to do a sleeping EEG, and told me that the results were consistent with a severe closed head injury. I said he had banged his head hard as a child, but the doctor said the results were more like they were from a severe injury, like falling out of a second story window - or a car wreck. We never were able to figure out what had caused it, but he was diagnosed with left temporal lobe injury.

Perhaps it was caused at birth. I don't know. I was in labor for a LONG time. Toward the end, the nurses kept coming in very often, pretty upset that the doctor didn't do something. I would say my son was in distress because I was having back labor from him presenting forehead first, but then the back labor would stop and the nurses would tell me he had turned. Later the back labor would start again, and they would tell me he had turned again. The kid wanted out of there and he was trying!!!

His head was bruised -- but the delivery was pretty easy - nothing nearly as traumatic as your wife experienced.

But my son also has autism spectrum disorder. He is more high functioning though. But few people knew what to do with the higher functioning kids at that time (My son is 34 now). They didn't seem to fit clearly into any diagnosis or treatment program.

But I think for a case for your son, you would need more than showing that the birth was traumatic, and that he has autism spectrum disorder. You will need a doctor that connects his disability to the traumatic birth, and you will need to show the standard of care was violated.

That won't be real easy after a long passage of time. But it wouldn't necessarily be impossible either.

Edited December 28, 2013 by free_spirit_etc