By Danielle Salisbury February 21, 2014
JACKSON, MI – When she underwent an elective abdominal surgery less than five years ago, Kathie Pagan operated her own company and maintained a regular workout schedule, jogging at least two miles a day.
Now, her home care and medical staffing business is gone; she tried to run it as her health failed and it failed, too. She has frequent nightmares and struggles simply emptying the dishwasher.
Complications from the June 2009 surgery left her with long-term medical issues, both mental and physical, and she continues to receive treatment for what has been a large, gaping stomach wound that never entirely healed.
“I’ve just lost everything. That is all I can tell you. I lost my faith. I lost my dignity. I lost my independence,” Pagan said Friday, Feb. 21.
Late Tuesday afternoon, a jury awarded Pagan, 43, of Jackson $1.3 million in a medical malpractice case.
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