FAO Sqad

[237SJ]

Hi Sqad, I spoke to my friend last night who is the sister of the girl with the breast cancer and infection I told you about. The patient came out of hospital on wednesday so she was there for two weeks in the end. I`m not sure how much fluid they took from her as the info was third hand via her husband but the fluid was in fact from the lungs. It turns out she had pheumonia. She was blue, having trouble breathing and had all the symptoms. The (foreign) GP had sent her home twice when she went to her and it turns out it was the same GP who originally told her the breast lump was "nothing". The girl is too weak at the moment but her husband wants to take things further regarding the doctor and to be honest, I don`t blame him.

[Sqad]

Well, thanks for the update..................I just have the feeling that we are not in possession of the "full facts"

[237SJ]

By the way her hospital discharge paper said Empyema.

[Sqad]

Well, that puts a different light on the matter. Empyema is a term specifically applied to a lung abscess, nothing at all to do with infection from the operation site. Although this was a life threatening condition, it means that it was purely and simply an infection and nothing to do with the cancer or it's spread.