Last year in April, my wife, 57, had thyroid surgery. The operation had been planned for some time and seemed like a normal routine procedure at the preliminary consultation. However, it turned out to be a nightmare. Due to a lack of staff over the Easter holidays and the surgeon’s carelessness, her oesophagus was injured. After she woke up from the operation, she could hardly breathe and had to cough constantly. She was afraid of suffocating. She constantly had the feeling that if she had to swallow, something would flow into her chest cavity. She therefore instinctively refused any oral intake of food or liquids, although the hospital staff constantly tried to force her to do so. They thought she was hysterical and sent a psychiatrist to her bedside. It was only when my wife and I pleaded with him to have the matter investigated that he arranged a physical examination. First an endoscope examination and then an MRI scan revealed that the esophageal injury had indeed occurred. If my wife had complied with the nursing staff’s insistence, she would have died within a few hours because liquid or food would have entered her chest cavity and caused a fatal infection.
Since then, my wife has been 70% severely disabled and has care degree 2. I have been her caregiver since this traumatic incident. This has made it impossible for me to earn money regularly or even keep a job for longer over the past year. My priority has been to look after my wife so that she can possibly make progress and become more independent again. As my wife has also been unable to work since then, our financial situation has deteriorated very quickly. I had to max out all my overdrafts and credit cards. Until I was no longer able to service all my loans. All credit cards have been blocked, the loans have been canceled by the banks and my previously very good credit rating is gone. We’ve already cut back a lot and get food from the food bank. Nevertheless, the money we still have is barely enough to live on. If things go on like this, we’ll even lose our apartment because we won’t be able to pay the rent on time. We are both very desperate and don’t know what to do.
Can you please help us?
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