Ugh, I'm sorry your family was a victim of their negligence too. I only ever hear horror stories about that place anymore.

It was my aunts decision and in the end she chose not to peruse anything. I think she was just devastated and lost. They said when they got in there it was more in invasive than they thought. They could have made the decision to remove what they could and close him up. He absolutely had more time but instead he was treated like an experiment because he was going to die soon anyway. For the life of me I can’t remember what their excuse was for leaving him like that. He was brain dead, why leave him open and tell us you’re planning a second surgery is absolutely beyond me.

Were you part of the team that did it? I’m not sure you’d know the answer any other way unless you’re just being a jag for no reason. It was 13 years ago next month and I will never forget his unrecognizable face.

My uncle went into UPMC for surgery due to cancer on and in his face. His full diagnosis wasn't great but this surgery was supposed to be the beginning, not the end. We knew there might be multiple surgeries involved and that there would be a lengthy healing process but what they did to his was downright inhumane. They left his face wide open and put him on life support. For almost a week they tried to tell us it was just part of the process and they were waiting for things to heal before doing another surgery to close him up. All while his post surgery care team encouraged us to seek a lawyer. They used him as a science experiment then walked away. We had a 5 minute conversation with only one of the surgeons responsible before we had to make the decision to end his life. I f'ing hate UPMC and their garbage enterprise.

Who is they? Honest question. I've been doing research on links between generational trauma and anxiety/developmental/learning disorders. Every part of a mother's environment and internal state effects their children. Sure, abuse doesn't cause ADHD. Depending on who and when the trauma is inflicted but it sure seems like it can contribute to it on a biological level.