"Foreign Body not removed after multiple procedures"

We attended Bunbury Hospital ED for our toddler in a few months ago with glass in their foot. They were taken into ED and sedated with the attempt to remove the glass which was unsuccessful. They were admitted to the peads ward and taken for surgery the next day. During surgery the ortho surgeons cut the bottom of my toddler's foot open and removed what they stated was the entire foreign body.

4 days later the stitches came out, we took our toddler back and this is where their trauma has come from. The Dr made us pin them down and refused to sedate my toddler to restitch their foot, the 'quick' stitch took 15 minutes of myself and a nurse pinning down their little body while they screamed no stop.

My toddler now will scream from the moment we see a medical professional even if they aren't there for them until the moment they leave. Makes it hard to take myself or my other child to the Dr's if unwell.  At review I told the ortho Drs that my toddler wasn't walking properly out of their moon boot to which they told me that they were just sore.

This month we drove 2hrs and took our toddler to a metropolitan hospital they were still complaining of pain to find there is still glass in their foot. This now means a 3rd procedure, more time off daycare and loss of income to our family with another child who has high medical needs!