To Sue the hospital childbirth complications and serious health problems for child

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Sorry very long Also very distressing 1. Background ; history of stillbirths of the first born on one side of the family. When the pregnancy was confirmed we stated this and requested an elective cesarean -this was refused.

1. True to form the baby got stuck with the cord wrapped round the neck twice.

Forceps delivery. Hospital asked to place the baby in a Special Cot-refused. 3 On call Paediatrician called no action taken

1. An hour after the birth retired medically qualified relative arrives to find the baby had collapsed . without this action the baby would have died.
2. Baby and Mother had to be transferred to a Neo-Natal unit (the expense of this alone makes me cringe Nhs prepared to fund any b...mistake the docs make)

6.Mother now bleeding to death but helped 7.We are told the baby had an infection and possibly meningitis The medic relative said no not meningitis -this was correct.

1. Baby survives ( is full term) but we are told possible loss of right kidney (due to infection)
2. No follow up on kidney by anyone

The rest is now very distressing so you may not wish to read 10 Child now 18 in the middle of A level- suffers a DVT Rushed into hospital. (gp order) Given drug therapy 11. Dvt on left side so now 2 injuries . Only follow up is Ultrasound scan confirming loss of kidney. Our questions not answered ie how did this happen. We asked for a venogram -the doctor had never heard of it 12 A year later - we get a referral to Specialists in London dealing with children. 13 Venogram confirms restriction in the blood supply to the lower left leg.terrible pain (he had to finish A levels the next year so a year lost) 14 Specialists request medical records from his birth Go to Gp He says he has no idea how to get them ???!!! 15 The Specialists are suggesting the baby did not have an infection or anyway he certainly had a thrombosis in the right kidney at birth so it was things around the birth that possibly brought this on I am fuming that we used a "hospital" and had to practically save our own child Thanks for listening

I am a clinical negligence solicitor. I deal with birth injuries on a daily basis.

Firstly you are not out of Time. Your son will have until his 21st birthday to bring a claim.

I would check your home/buildings insurance to see if you have legal expenses insurance. If not check the law society websites for specialists near you and approach the firms directly.

I would also recommend that you get in touch with AVMA. They are an excellent charity for victims of medical accident and can advise you as ultimate how to proceed.

Micah- very clear about the medicine as we now have knowledgable Specialists who
have explained it I am just passing it on but I am a lay person.

No, you're not clear about the medicine, or your posts here wouldn't be so confusing. You have even the basics wrong - you can't "lose" a kidney during birth. It's either there or it isn't. Nothing a dr does or doesn't do would cause a kidney to be there before birth and not after.

Get the boy to talk to a solicitor, but personally i think you don't have a case, as i can't see how is current issues are linked to his birth.

Micah your point that no deliberate action would be taken by doc to injure etc is correct These people do a job to help people The only point and this has been very correctly made by several people here is whether neglect and or mistake has taken
place
Injuries to infants at birth do happen and if you read a post on the Childbirth section you will see a researcher asking mumsnetters about injuries sustained by forceps deliveries. Hence c sections have increased greatly in the last decade
but only if the mother is considered ok for this as it is a major operation
My neighbours child suffered brain damage at birth . I know a man of 45 also like this but he still able to work albeit in a lower grade job. Thanks

Just wanted to say that I'm sorry to hear that you and your son have had such an awful time OP . I wish him well for the future.

Nanyplum - AWA is just what we need I knew a great Mumsntter would come up
with something like this eventually .I have sent you one Pm on the birth test results.
I wiil not send another Pm without your express consent.

No one is saying injuries cannot happen at birth. What we are saying is that anything that happens at birth cannot cause a kidney to detach and vanish. It either wasn't there to start with because it didn't form or it's still there after.

Op I agree it seems you don't understand the medical aspects of the situation. Your son can live perfectly well with only one kidney. Lots of people do. I think you would struggle to show that the management of the birth affected blood supply to the right kidney but didn't cause harm elsewhere. The cord round the neck twice is not unusual and the thing about stillbirths in the firstborn is nonsense tbh.
It sounds like your son may have a vascular condition that predisposes him to clots - but if so that is nobody's fault.

It kind of makes sense if OP is saying that one kidney is effectively non-existent rather than totally non-existent, because it was so damaged by neonatal (?GBS) infection. And the other kidney was never brilliant either from before birth or because of neonatal infection, which wasn't treated or damage not detected which led to the DVT (bad kidney function can lead to DVT).

Negligence can be hard to prove at best of times. I guess the ambulance chasers will have fun with this one.

Northern and IIjk Good points Family problem with births are due to small/narrow pelvis. We already have another child -his cousin- who suffered the same but alas
he suffered brain damage The loss of a kidney is nothing compared to this of course. In truth the argument commonly made that the second birth is usually easier can also be tosh Each birth is different .
Yes I agree the other kidney needs looking at as well A test has been done re
predisposing vascular condition has been taken and they this is not proven
I just wish it was predisposing and this saga would now but at an end.Closure