Marlene Brown BA Hon's
Worsley Manchester born Seychelles
Tragically died aged just 46 25-08-1961 to 06-03-2008 Official verdict "Misadventure"
Seychelles April 2007 everything going so well... not a care in the world...
little did we know what was just around the corner.
Loving wife of Gary & devoted mother of Scott & Simon
29 year soul mate, sadly ended far too soon...
Cause of death ‘Tracheoinnominate Artery Fistula’
Memorable Pictures + funeral music click here5minutes
(funeral music by Marlene's brother above Patrick Victor)
Letter to Marlene's Family in an attempt to explain this tragic event; here NHS letter in response to my official complaint; here
Email from Marlene's consultant/surgeon; here
Letter from Marlene's employer; here
Marlene Brown brief history; here
Epitaph & resting place; here
I would like to strenuously add on more than one occasion practically every week over the 4 months Marlene was in hospital she had as they state "mild blood stained secretions" and it was dismissed without any further investigations whatsoever!
Something just two days before her death must have been different to warrant the additional investigations by ENT... And why did the nurse take the trouble to take me to one side & explain very clearly to me,
"Marlene's had a bleed from her trachea, it’s nothing to worry about, ENT have had a camera down and it looks as though there's a slight infection so they've prescribed antibiotics as a precaution just encase there is an infection". My burning question is just why did the nurse, without prompting take the trouble to inform me? It happened when I wasn't there, so I wouldn't have even known anything about it...
The word 'BLEED' in my opinion is not a description of "mild blood stained secretions"!!
Fatalities from ‘Tracheoinnominate Artery Fistula’ are very rare, one reason there so rare is that the correct procedure is "ANY BLEED from a trachea should be presumed to be ‘Tracheoinnominate Artery Fistula’ until PROVEN otherwise"...
If this had been correctly assumed Marlene would still be with us today...
With this in mind I've decided to take legal/expert advice, if I don't stand up to be counted who on earth does... I know far too well nothing I do now can bring Marlene back but it just might save another poor sod from going through this...
Two years on and in hindsight I really wish I'd taken my friends advice & not done this as it does set you back having to read all the detailed reports...
02 September 2008 Marlene's inquest official verdict "Misadventure"
Definition of Misadventure: Where the death was an unintended consequence of deliberate actions.
23 July 2010
My legal advice (Irwin Mitchell who I can thoroughly recommend) and their medical consultants ultimately conclude that the treatment provided to Marlene was of an acceptable standard and the procedures were carried out correctly and there were no reasonable steps which should have been taken which would have prevented the tragic outcome. TIF is a very rare and particularly rare more than 6 weeks after a tracheostomy has been carried out. Marlene had it in for over 17 weeks...
Stellify... To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven.
Yeah the first time
When you are stellified
Could be the last chance
I have to sanctify
So save the last dance
For me my love cause I
I see you as an angel freshly
Fallen from the sky
I made a shrine, I made it for you
I see you are an angel
All the things that you do
And now I found tomorrow
With you I'm miles high
Shining like a diamond
in the darkness of the sky
I stellify
I'm miles high
I stellify
And so we're miles above
Our ribbon in the sky
And it's the real love
I see so in your eyes
So save the last dance
For me my love cause I
I see you as an angel freshly
Fallen from the sky
I made a shrine
That stands here for you
I see you are an angel
All the things that you do
No one knows tomorrow
The future stands to find
This rockets starts ablazing so for you
I stellify
I stellify
I'm miles high
I stellify
Yeah the first time
When you are stellified
Could be the last chance
I have to sanctify
So save the last dance
For me my love cause I
I see you as an angel freshly
Fallen from the sky
I made a shrine
With candles for you
I see you are an angel
All the things that you do
Now I found tomorrow
with you I stellify
Throw my arms above
Cause now I fly and touch the sky
Marlene Brown Picture Gallery