Do I have legal recourse against the trauma unit for failure to diagnose a mild traumatic brain injury?
I was taken to a trauma unit with multiple injuries following an auto accident. I sustained fractures to both hands, 4 ribs, punctured lung and liver laceration. They missed a mild Traumatic Brain Injury that was not seen in the catscan. They did not perform a smell test. After I was released, I continued to complain of lingering symptoms and my family doc sent me for a neurology consult. Because I am verbally high functioning, three neuros refused to take my symptoms seriously and told me that I was exagerating. Another doctor, furious at the way they had handled my case, sent me for neuropsych testing which confirmed post concussive syndrome. I cried when i saw the symptom list. I had told them that I experienced everyone on the list. My rheumotologist sent me to them several months later for a spinal tap in preparation for a consult at John Hopkins. Afterwards, I was in so much pain that I could hardly walk, was numb and weak on my left side and lost bladder control. I went to the E
