Business ProfileforCrestwood Medical Center

In January 2024 I had a 4 level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion (****) at Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville, *******.Four specific **** post surgical life threatening complications developed post **** while in recovery at Crestwood Medical Center: 1) Aspiration Pneumonia Left Lung 2) Large 400 ml neck hematoma at **** incision 3) Double hemothorax on front/back of right lung and 4). Pneumothorax right lung collapse.Soon after my ****, a hematoma developed, possibly from a bleed and/or as a swelling reaction. As a result, it appears that the hematoma blocked the ******* ***** drain tube that was placed in my neck near the incision site, then the fluids backed up inside of me to form a large 400 ml hematoma in the right side of my neck near the **** incision site when Crestwood medical staff failed to recognize and react to the lack of fluids in the ******* ***** drain tube for 4 days after surgery even when my family members repeatedly alerted medical staff at Crestwood about the drain malfunction.The 400 ml hematoma that built up when the ******* ***** drain failed exploded on 3 February 2023, my lung appears to have been punctured during attempts to intubate me for emergency surgery to remove the large 400 ml neck hematoma and establish a respiratory airway. While not explicitly stated in my medical records there are several notes in my medical records as well as phone calls from Huntsville Hospital on 5 February 2024 to my family when Crestwood transferred me Huntsville Hospital after they had damaged me so badly support this position.My previously expanding neck hematoma extended inferiorly through my thoracic inlet, which resulted in extrapleural hematoma and two associated hemothoraces on the front and back of my lung. The neck hematoma, two hemothoraces and the punctured lung resulted in the pneumothorax collapse of my right lung.I had to be transferred to Huntsville Hospital because Crestwood could not repair all the damage they did to me.