HUNTSVILLE, AL (WTXL) -- One man is taking legal action against Huntsville Hospital after staff allegedly lost part of his skull.
It all started when Brandon Cribbs fell through a roof while working in Cullman on February 19th.
"Four or five guys, we'd all been walking on it for about two weeks, but I fell straight through the roof," Cribbs said.
He fell 40 feet, landing on the concrete below. His mom, Teresa Welch, was told he needed to be airlifted to Huntsville Hospital.
"It's the worst phone call in the world for a parent, you know. You don't ever want that phone call," Welch added.
Cribbs broke his leg and both wrists, and his gallbladder, appendix and a kidney all had to be removed. He also suffered severe head injuries, so Huntsville Hospital physicians removed part of Cribbs' skull to make room for his swelling brain.
Once he was stable, Cribbs went back into surgery to have that corrected. But when he woke up, he says the doctor gave him shocking news.
"When I asked him what happened, he explained to me that it was a hospital error, and they lost my bones. They were gone," Cribbs said. "One of them made a joke that my head would grow back," he added.
Cribbs claims no one could tell him where exactly the bones could have gone. He was released from the hospital with a dent on the side of his head. Since then he's had a seizure and suffers from severe headaches.
"If I brush my hair or do anything or take a shower to wash it, it cracks and pops all the way back through here," Cribbs said while gesturing to the side of his head.
Cribbs and his family are now working with an attorney to file a complaint against the hospital.
"All we want is his skull corrected. We haven't asked for anything else. That's all we want," Welch said.
We reached out to Huntsville Hospital for a statement, but the spokeswoman was not familiar with this case. Because of patient privacy laws, it's taking us some time to get answers for Cribbs and his family. We'll keep you updated as more information becomes available.
