48-year-old Jason Kennedy had undergone an operation at Grace Hospital in Manitoba, Canada, to remove his right leg due to a severe bone infection.
Kennedy, a former commercial fisherman, had first sought medical attention at Seven Oaks General Hospital in October after experiencing pain and bleeding in his right foot.
Jason Kennedy underwent an operation to have his leg amputated. (aptnNEWS)
The decision to amputate his right limb was made days later, with the procedure scheduled for October 31.
Kennedy, who is originally from Bloodvein First Nation but lives in Winnipeg, said it was only after the operation had taken place that he discovered surgeons had amputated his left leg instead of his right.
He said: “I was just wondering if this was a bad dream. The pain is still in my [right] foot and it’s there right now as we speak.”
A representative for the Winnipeg Regional Healthy Authority said that due to patient confidentiality, they can only provide limited information “in this complex clinical situation”.
The spokesperson also acknowledged the distress caused by the incident to the patient, their family and the care providers. They said: “Members of the care team have personally met with the patient to offer their sincere apologies and to discuss next steps.”
The incident is currently being reviewed by the patient safety team. The results will be shared with the patient once completed.
Kennedy has revealed that he received an apology from the surgeon and “two other colleagues” following the incident.
He has chosen to speak out to raise awareness on the issue but has now accepted that his left leg is gone.
“I knew right away it was my left leg that was gone and I thought, ‘this can’t be happening’,” he said.
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Kennedy added: “All I could do was think, ‘why is this happening to me?’ I was under the impression it was going to be my right leg because that’s where the worst pain is. And my first thoughts were forgiveness is in my mind, I could forgive a person easily because I learned from my family like my mom and my dad and my grandma. I learned from them how forgiveness is important.”
Kennedy’s mother, Yvonne, had travelled to be by her son’s side following his amputation. However, when she got back home to Waterhen, her son informed her what had happened.
She recalled: “He said, ‘mom, there’s something I need to tell you.’ He said, ‘I didn’t want to tell you when you had to travel home.’ He said, ‘they cut off the wrong leg’.”
Kennedy’s mother added: “He needs to be compensated for what has happened to him.”
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Man who got small cut ended up having limbs amputated after being found on ‘brink of death’
Not long after tripping over during frisbee, he was on life support
Dylan Riley was out playing frisbee in the sun last October when one little thing caused his life to change forever.
The 31-year-old, a self-described ‘klutz’, tripped over when picking up the disc, causing a small cut on his knee. And his mum, an infectious disease nurse, ruled out an infection at first.
However, this common injury ended up leading to the American having his limbs amputated after being found on ‘death’s doorstep’.
Two weeks later, Riley woke up feeling like he had the flu – he was sweaty with a fever, his body was aching and he couldn’t stop throwing up. He decided to get in a hot bath to see if that would help, but when he got out, he couldn’t move.
With his roommate ringing an ambulance, he remembers the paramedics asking questions but then, ‘everything went black’.
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Once Riley got to the Baptist Integris Hospital, he was diagnosed with the rare, life-threatening infection, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). The same bacteria that causes strep throat had gotten into his bloodstream.
Dr. Bob Schoaps, Medical Director for Specialty Critical Care and Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support at the hospital, told People: “He came into our hospital severely sick, on death’s doorstep practically.”
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His organs began shutting down, with doctors having to revive him twice.
Dr. Schoaps added that if Riley had stayed at home for a few more hours that day, ‘it’s very likely he would not have survived’.
He added that the typical survival rate is around 10 percent or less.
Having received the dreaded call that her son was on the brink of death, Trina White said she got to the emergency room and was told: “We don’t have time, do you want to put him on life support or not.”
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After a few days, Riley’s limbs, even the tips of ears, started turning black meaning the skin tissue was dying.
The man doesn’t remember anything about the first five days in hospital and when he did regain consciousness, he knew something was up because his divorced parents were in the room together.
Riley was then told he may have to lose a limb. And while surgeons determined how much they could save, he was dealing with his body peeling ‘like a snake would’ – even his taste buds peeled off.
His legs were amputated in the week before Christmas 2023, before part of his hands in January.
Over the past year, he’s been doing rehab with his prosthetic legs and has returned to doing some of his favourite hobbies with his mates.
Keeping things light by posting images of himself alongside the Gingerbread man from Shrek, Riley said: “I’m grateful for life. Things could be so different. My family could have been planning a funeral.”
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Brits warned why they may be waking up feeling unwell today
It might be more than just a big hangover
Good morning sleepyhead, it’s Boxing Day and that means you’ve got a whole other year to go before you make it back round to Christmas again.
By now the turkey leftovers ought to be chilling in the fridge next to a bowl of sprouts which you haven’t decided what to do with yet but will inevitably be thrown out.
But that might be the least of your worries, because if you woke up this morning feeling unwell then you could be in for a pretty miserable ride.
While everyone else is making turkey sandwiches and catching up on the Christmas TV you didn’t watch on the night, you might be stuck in the loo clutching your stomach and wondering what went wrong.
If that’s the case then you might have a winter vomiting bug, because nasty diseases also consider this to be the most wonderful time of the year.
The norovirus always gets some people at the end of the year and it’s a miserable ride for those poor, unfortunate souls who are going through it.
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The main symptoms of the norovirus are squirting from both ends, so vomiting and diarrhoea as your body expels what used to be pigs in blankets.
On top of that you can also end up with a high temperature, a headache and the feeling of aches and pains all over your body.
Simply put, it’s an absolute bag of s**t to deal with.
Fortunately the norovirus is here for a bad time, not for a long time and you can treat yourself in the comfort of your own home.
You might want to send away any relatives who’ve been kipping over for Christmas, so your best bet is to get lots of rest and drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated.
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Norovirus comes from the faeces (poop) and vomit of people who have it, and if they don’t clean up properly then they can end up spreading it around.
The virus will get on things their not fully washed hands have touched, meaning the vomiting bug can infect food, water and surfaces.
Basically, you wouldn’t want to eat a Christmas dinner made by someone with the norovirus as there’s a good chance you’d end up getting it as well.
If you’re the unlucky soul who woke up this morning to know that things don’t feel quite right then the next few days might not be great for you.
Then again, it could just be a bad hangover so make sure that’s not the cause before you start fearing the worst.
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Woman who woke up from routine operation to find all limbs amputated speaks out on moment she found out
Mum-of-two Lucinda Mullins lost all of her limbs after a routine operation.
A mother who was supposed to have a routine operation was forced to have all of her limbs amputated after surgery.
Lucinda Mullins, 41, from Kentucky went in for routine kidney stone surgery in December and days later, a septic shock kicked in.
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that happens when your immune system overreacts to an infection, and starts to damage tissues and organs.
The mum-of-two wasn’t left with much option but to have her legs amputated in order to save her life.
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Her arms were also damaged to the point that her hands and forearms will also need to be amputated in the coming days.
Despite the heartbreaking outcome, Mullins has said she doesn’t want people to call it a ‘sad story’.
“This has a happy ending. I’m alive. I get to be with my children and my husband,” she told the Daily Mail.
Her attitude is truly an inspiration to her husband DJ, 43, and sons Teegan, 12 and Easton, seven, who live in Waynesburg.
“Easton’s more of a mama’s boy. He doesn’t leave her side,” DJ said.
“He helps feed her, brushes her hair, he’s got to sleep right beside her. He’s keeping a close eye on her for sure.
“The older one he’s had a lot of questions of course, which we all have. But he’s done well with it.”
After surgery, her husband feared the worst, explaining: “They said she was on the edge of a cliff and it was about to get worse. A whole week passed and she wasn’t moving, wasn’t talking, wasn’t responding.”
She later gained consciousness and was moved to the UK Hospital in Lexington on a ventilator, to help her heart and lungs.
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On the moment she found out, Mullins said: “Surprisingly, I wasn’t upset, I didn’t question it. I wasn’t angry.
“I know there will be hard times ahead but just knowing I could see my kids again and that I had the support of my family, I think that gave me peace to be okay with it.
“I said, shoot it to me straight. I want to know it all. He explained why they had to do to save my life, that I was going to have surgery the next day to lose my legs.
“And I was at peace. I was okay with it. There was just this presence of God around me that told me this is all going to be okay.
“I was alive and I got to see my family again and my friends. And if that was a sacrifice that I had to make, you know, I was fine with it.
“That was the only way to save my life and I never questioned it. I just felt that God chose me for this to happen and he was going to use me in a big way. We’re not done with our story yet.”
The mum still plans to get back to her job as a certified medical assistant at Bates, Miller & Sims, a local family practice.
“Once a warrior, always a warrior,” she added.
“I have had the same job for 17 years. I started right out of college at that office. I work for really good people. I can’t imagine just not being there.”
To donate on GoFundMe, click on the following link – Lucinda Mullins.
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Family in shock after accidentally cremating the wrong body
The Aneurin Bevan Health Board have apologised after cremating the wrong body.
A family had to organise a second funeral for their loved one after they were accidentally given the wrong body for cremation.
The incident took place at The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran in South Wales.
After the body was collected from the morgue at the hospital, it was later transferred to the Sirhowy Valley Crematorium.
The Aneurin Bevan Health Board have since apologised for the error.
The health board later acknowledged the mistake and the family were forced to hold another funeral two weeks later.
The mistake was put ‘down to an isolated human error’ – with the board saying they are issuing their ‘full support’ to the family.
Nicola Prygodzicz, chief executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, said in a statement to South Wales Argus: “We are utterly heartbroken about what has happened to the family and we take responsibility for this isolated incident.
“Words cannot express how sorry we are.
“We have met with the family to fully inform them about this situation and to offer them as much support as they need.”
Adding: “We would also like to reassure the public that this is an exceptional case.
“We identified this mistake through our own processes and after an initial review we are confident that this is down to an isolated human error.
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“However, we are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident and we will keep family members fully updated throughout our investigation.
“No words we can say, or actions we can take, can put this right. We are deeply sorry, and our thoughts and full support remain with the family.”
According to Prygodzicz, it was the health board who had initially discovered the mistake.
In regards to the first deceased person, she said that ‘there are no known family of the other patient’ as far as the health board is aware.
The matter is being currently being investigated internally by the health board.
A spokesperson for the crematorium, which is part of Westerleigh Group, also told the outlet: “We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care and support to all families we serve and as such we treat their right to privacy incredibly seriously.
“We do not have permission to provide any comments without the consent of families.”
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This comes after MP David Davies accused the Welsh Government of ignoring ‘massive organisational problems’ at The Grange University Hospital.
According to Davies, his elderly father-in-law was left waiting nearly 27 hours to be admitted to The Grange with a spinal injury.
“I witnessed first-hand the delays in getting patients off ambulances and into The Grange.” he claimed on his website.
“Of course, the situation is no fault of our first-class health professionals or paramedics – but rather systematic failures.
“We are being let down by those in charge.”
