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"! My burning question is why did the nurse, without prompting take the trouble to inform me? It happened when I wasn't there, so I wouldn't have 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...

02 September 2008 Marlene's inquest official verdict "Misadventure"
Definition of Misadventure: Where the death was an unintended consequence of deliberate actions.

How does one learn to let go...

contact Marlene's family