Sentara admits placing recalled product in patient

A woman called 10 On Your Sideafter she says Sentara Virginia Beach General used a recalledproduct in her surgery. Tuesday, the hospital admitted to themistake. The mesh patch was recalled by the FDA because it was breaking upinside people, causing serious injury. Now a Virginia Beach womanfears the same will happen to her. Judith Coyne says she's "fearful, very fearful" because hercondition may be a life or death situation. That fear became reality Tuesday. For month's Judith Coynesuspected the pain she felt was coming from a surgery she'd hadalmost a year ago. Coyne had a hernia operation at Sentara VirginiaBeach General Hospital and says she has excruciating painthroughout her body. According to her medical records, doctors used a hernia patchduring the surgery. A product which was recalled six months beforeher procedure. When first contacted, a Sentara spokesperson said the Kugel Meshmade by Davol Incorporated was not the same lot number as the onerecalled, but late Tuesday afternoon Sentara released thisstatement: "Based on additional research that we conductedtoday...We learned that the hernia mesh patch used on Ms. Coyne wasindeed part of the product recall. We regret the information we hadyesterday was incorrect. We have contacted Ms. Coyne's surgeon andrequested that he conduct a follow up examination and evaluation sothat we can provide any assistance possible to address her painissues." "Relief...Total relief...Because no one, but no one believed me.Everybody kept thinking it's in your head, you're crazy, you'reimagining pain," says Coyne after hearing the news of thehospital's mistake. Judith says she doesn't know what to do next. Doctors tell her ifthey try to take the mesh patch out it could kill her. But Judithsays she now knows the truth about her condition thanks to 10 OnYour Side. Judith says this whole situation has her worrying every night andjust wants the constant pain she's in to go away. Previous Coverage: Woman says her life threatened by use of recalled surgical patch VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY.com) -- "At times it is excruciating. Attimes if feels like knives and at times if feels like burning." That's the pain Virginia Beach's Judith Coyne says she lives witheveryday. She tells us it began after having hernia surgery atSentara Virginia Beach General Hospital last June. She couldn'tunderstand why it wasn't going away. That's when she startedinvestigating and found something surprising. "I was in a state of shock. Ryan said to me: 'Mom - do you want tohear the good news or the bad news' I said 'I want to hear thegood news'. He said: 'We know what it (the problem) is'. I said:'Dear God, thank you'. But he said: 'Mom - I don't think you aregoing to like the bad news'." When she and her son got her records, using the product code andlot number, they determined that the medical hernia mesh patchwhich was implanted in her during surgery had been recalled. "The mesh is bad," she said. The Kugel Mesh - made by Davol Incorporated - was recalled becausesome of the patches were breaking, causing serious injury. Judith says doctor's notes from the day of the surgery show therecalled mesh being used. When we asked Davol about the recall, the company confirmed thehospital was properly notified. Sentara officials tell us it wasn'tthe recalled mesh used in the surgery, but Judith says it's writtenin black and white in her records "They could not do really anything for me at this point. They tellme they did what they can do". She says doctors now tell her that Beach Mesh is stuck to her organsand aren't willing to operate because it could kill her. She'sscared if the patch breaks that she can lose her life. "I need help. I need a doctor that's going to really help me,"Judith pleaded.