My father�s story is much different from others that you are receiving. He has not suffered danger from surgery; however he is not being taken care of as a veteran and instead of getting better in the last year his health is decling rapidly. What I see and witness every time I take my father to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Ctr (Houston, Texas) makes me sick and want to take a stand for our veterans - they deserve so much more than being treated like animals people forget they served our country and we would not be here today if it would not be for them.

Submitted 2008-04-13

Defendant: Veteran Medical Malpractice

My father came to live with me in July of 07'. At the time he could get around ok the only thing I could see wrong with him was having a hard time getting up and down from sitting. That following Monday I took him to the VA and we went through the routine in which is required for new patients. The ER Doctor set an appointment up for X-rays and MRI to see just what the conditions of my father�s health was in (he had just turned 59). Following testing it was discovered that he had approximately 6 strokes (mini ones as they call them nothing to worry about was their words) and also a small case of Dementia nothing to worry about there as well. So they scheduled an appointment with a physician their but set the appointment almost 3 months out. Since this time I have had no help and instead of my father�s health staying leveled or getting better he is getting much worse. He now has to have a walker to walk as well as a cane just to get around the house, he doesn't talk well you can't understand him, and the sad part is he barely can get up off the couch or where ever it is he may be seated at the time. He is also having accidents in the bed (both if I may say) and still they will do nothing for him. At the last appointment I told the Dr. the issues but she told me I could not talk for my father well yes that may be the law but it's also a cop out for her to put more effort out to help him. So towards the end of our appointment she decided that it's a possibility he may have Parkinson�s but yet didn't set a testing date until July when this was the first of February. As I said this is very different to what most of your clients have experienced but I need your help and so does my father.

-- Texas

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