John Ley-62

Hi Brian, I just found your website today….

What a miracle to read so many stories from survivors! Thank you for all the great work you are doing!

Sadly, I do not have a wonderful story to post on your site… my precious husband, the love of my life, John, age 62, died on January 12, 2009 – after waiting in the hospital for 18.5 hours for a correct diagnosis – Type A – Aortic Dissection. The ER and the hospital never gave him a CT Scan and the dissection was finally found after doing a Cath test. John endured the 8.5 hour emergency surgery… but died 21 hours after surgery.

I’ve been walking down this very hard road of grief the past 18 months… have tried to find a law firm to represent John, but have been told no by six firms. Most all of them agree that the “delay” was not good, and that some degree of negligence was involved, but that this type of medical condition is so severe that the 18 hours would not have made a difference in John’s survival. Also, because of Tort Reform in Texas – no lawyers want to touch such a challenging Medical Malpractice case with a 10 foot pole, they want an open and shut – easy money case
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Also, there is no “standard of care” when it comes to administering a CT Scan….John’s initial tests were not conclusive for a heart attack and his Troponin levels were also giving false readings.

I wanted to email you and ask if you have any feedback for me…? Not sure what I’m hoping for… but, I was happy and sad at the same time to find your site; happy to read about so many survivors and sad that their common theme was a quick CT Scan shortly after arrived at the hospital.

I pray every day that the ER would have just given John a CT Scan…

Kindest regards, Amy Ley
amyley@aol.com

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