Roseanne Milburn, shown in her hospital bed with her dog Teemu, is frustrated a procedure was started on her right leg without a bed available to finish the operation.
A Manitoba woman suffering from a post-surgery infection says she's going to lose her leg because a surgeon started a procedure he couldn't finish.
"My choices are to live with an infection for the rest of my life, or get rid of the infection and the only way to get rid of it is to amputate the leg."It's a devastating outcome for Milburn, who in October finally received the knee replacement surgery she's wanted for six years. Once she was finally transferred, Milburn went under the knife for another infection, but due to the long delay in stitching up the wound, she said she was told her leg wasn't salvageable. Two doctors recommended the amputation, she said."Upset, hurt, angry, mad," he said.On Monday, the fellow military veteran showed up at HSC with a motorized scooter — a Christmas gift he never expected to buy his wife this year.
The organization added it cannot discuss Milburn's care due to privacy legislation, but said she has "various options to consider."
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