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I could be wrong but isn't Mallon more of an assisted living establishment rather than a medial one (i.e. skilled nursing facility)? If so they don't necessarily receive direct communication from doctors and it could be a HIPAA violation if they did without permission.Is there possibly a chance of failure to communicate between his doctors and Mallon? Was the ball dropped and someone forgot to mention to them that he should be on a strict diabetic diet? Or did they expect Lucas to inform Mallon that he should be watching what he eats unless he wants to lose a foot? He’s already angry he can’t hit up Mexican joints the second they open for his morning 3000 calories, so you know he would just casually “forget” to mention anything to them. Offering extra white bread with his white bread along with an ice cream sandwich… somebody either missed the memo that that foot is about to be chopped off or they really just don’t give a shit. It would honestly be in their best interest to give even a single fuck about what he’s eating because they’ll be the ones having to wipe his ass if he can’t hobble to the bathroom on his own.
A question though: even if he loses a foot, isn’t there a chance that his body is so gone and rotten that new amputation wouldn’t heal well? It’s not like you lop off a foot and all is well again, right? If he’s expected to act like an adult and take care of his new stub by maintaining even the most basic of hygiene, I don’t see it going well for him.
As to the foot- absolutely. A diabetic who has had to have a foot amputation due to nerve damage or vascular insufficiency has a very poor prognosis. Not just the liklihood of further surgery but mortality as a whole. Vascaular surgeons are often just buying time by lopping off parts of feet and leg at a time for patients who will continue to deteriorate until they run out of lower extremities to lose or decide to stop invasive treatments and eventually die of systematic infection. It's a awful way to slowly go.
(Edit: don't smoke, eat like a pig or drink a lot (liver failure is also awful) or at least have an exit plan if you do)
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