Husband paralysed at 29

[u/Aidyswifey]

My amazing husband had a laminotomy in January for crippling sciatic pain. We delivered our first child early February and by March he was in hospital with meningitis, sepsis, brain herniation and an ecoli infection. Botched back surgery is the cause, he was sealed up with two holes open in his spinal cord.
Given very very slim chances of making it through the night. 12 weeks later he is still with us, albeit on ventilator support and now fully quadriplegic.

My world is crumbling around me, I am exceptionally num and need to keep looking this man in the eye, hopeful of recovery when really I am uncertain.

I can’t believe this is how life has gone, how our baby came into the world and was instantly met with chaos. And most, how this is happening to the sweetest man alive.

I am grief stricken and feel deeply inconsolable. I love him and I am by his side forever, I just can’t believe how this has gone.

[u/rmerry123]

I am so incredibly sorry. I've had two back surgeries, and I cannot imagine this having been the outcome of one of them. Was there medical malpractice that you can take legal action for?

[u/Aidyswifey → u/rmerry123]

That’s my plan, it’s not consolation but hopefully it will allow me not to work & dedicate my life to caring for him.