One of the most feared injuries a person can experience is permanent vision loss or blindness. This injury is often associated with medical errors; Medical Malpractice. To awaken from a long but otherwise successful surgery for something unrelated to vision entirely, and feel an indescribable scorching, burning, shooting, extreme pain deep within your eye and realize that your vision in that eye is completely gone, is tremendously frightening and devastating. The first thing I remember when being awakened from my surgery is someone telling me that the surgery was a success, but during the process of the surgery I had experienced a serious injury in my right eye. They told me that the tape and everything used to cover and protect the eye had come loose and all the fluids used to prep the surgical site had leaked into my eye and remained there throughout the whole time of surgery. This had to be a nightmare, and it was, just not the kind
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What is it worth to have totally altered the way you go about your life? I respect the integrity that Maine Medical Center has shown in taking responsibility for all of my medical expenses related to this accident. However beyond expenses, I ask again; what is an eye worth? Certainly more than your original offer of $10,000.00. I 've thought long and hard about how greatly this has and forever will affect. my life to a much larger degree than I would have ever imagined. If the choice were mine I would rather that this had never happened, but it did and I am the victim who has suffered and will continue to suffer because of this forever. In an attempt to be fair and reasonable to Maine Medical Center, I am requesting $100,000.00 in compensation in addition to all eye related expenses listed below. Actuarial tables project that my life expectancy is a little over 30 years. My demand equates to $3,333.00 per year. I can assure you that I have lost far beyond $9.13 per day in quality of life at no fault of my
What is it worth to have totally altered the way you go about your life? I respect the integrity that Maine Medical Center has shown in taking responsibility for all of my medical expenses related to this accident. However beyond expenses, I ask again; what is an eye worth? Certainly more than your original offer of $10,000.00. I 've thought long and hard about how greatly this has and forever will affect. my life to a much larger degree than I would have ever imagined. If the choice were mine I would rather that this had never happened, but it did and I am the victim who has suffered and will continue to suffer because of this forever. In an attempt to be fair and reasonable to Maine Medical Center, I am requesting $100,000.00 in compensation in addition to all eye related expenses listed below. Actuarial tables project that my life expectancy is a little over 30 years. My demand equates to $3,333.00 per year. I can assure you that I have lost far beyond $9.13 per day in quality of life at no fault of my