Thank you most sincerely.
We could not imagine either, that it happened against all their assurances, and that when it happened, that the doctors would lie to us. For us, it was about finding out the Truth. We did find out the Truth. The surgeon and anesthesiologist we interviewed and hired, were not in the operating room when the untoward event occurred. Did they admit that? NEVER! It was only legal discovery, after finding an attorney to help us, that the truth came out.
By the time we finally found an attorney willing to work with us, if not before, we knew, it was not only about us and our son. [There is no money in dead children.] Our attorney helped us because he was aware of other offenses at that hospital, and he realized that my husband I had enough “creds” to break through where other victims could not have.
We knew, I knew, that we were sacrificing years out of our lives, not because of us and our case, but because we represented others, who could not represent their own cases. We could not have found our attorney otherwise.
So it was a burden for Justice.
There is no money for a dead child. But we were able to find an honest attorney who deplored the way people were treated at that hospital, and took our case because we could at least get the attention of the hospital, at least for a while.
Was it worth those thee years?
Yes, because the Truth came out, and it put the hospital on notice for as long as human nature in human institutions can allow, that such mess ups are not to be tolerated.
My message is to fight for Justice. The costs to fight are very high, more in emotional commitment and suffering than dollars. The suffering is real. You will never be the same again! But OK you would never be the same again anyway, so why not fight for Justice?
The ones who can fight, I submit, are obligated to fight, on behalf of those who cannot fight, as well as for themselves.
Suffering seems to come with the territory.
Servus, of course.