[ramonesfreak]

i understand your concerns. if you were consulting with me to decide whether to sue, i would tell you that i can not take the case.

look at it this way, the CT scan ruled out the possibility of a number of other causes...this motivated the doctor to search for the real source which he did in fact find. Not only that, you have peace of mind knowing that nothing else sinister is going on in that region of the body

the fact that the NP wanted to do the surgery is irrelevant. do you think a surgeon would not make that decision for himself, based on physical examination and objective tests? in what hospital do doctors take orders from nurses? none. Doctors give the orders. And in this situation, the doctor seems to have done his job perfectly and the NP probably learned something they will apply in the future

if the surgeon had started cutting based on the NP insistence, then you would have some serious negligence here. based on the facts as you stated them, i see none except for perhaps a CT that was not needed if a proper physical exam had been done first...is that a damage i would sue over? no.

at most, i would speak to the hospital about covering the cost of the CT

glad the problem was discovered