HOUSTON -
A Houston area man is blaming a clogged toilet for his right foot being amputated. Oscar Batres said the trouble began when his toilet clogged and then overflowed last November from a sewage back-up at his apartment complex in Tomball.
"About an inch of water penetrated through the house," said Batres.
The sewage saturated his bedroom carpet. He said no one from the apartment complex came to clean up the mess. Batres did, but while clipping his toenails in the bathroom he cut his foot, which got infected.
"When I got home from work the next day I developed a fever," said Batres.
Batres' foot got worse and he was hospitalized for several days. Doctors told him the infection had spread throughout his body and if they didn't amputate he could eventually die. Batres agreed and the right foot was removed. Batres' attorney said the apartment management is to blame.
"In less than a week, this man's life was turned upside down. He was a father of three, had a full time job and now he's missing a leg," said Veronia Foley, Houston lawyer.
Despite missing half his leg, Batres is thankful to have survived.
"I am alive and I thank God for that," said Batres.
Batres has filed a lawsuit against the apartment complex. Apartment managers did not return phone calls for comment.
"About an inch of water penetrated through the house," said Batres.
The sewage saturated his bedroom carpet. He said no one from the apartment complex came to clean up the mess. Batres did, but while clipping his toenails in the bathroom he cut his foot, which got infected.
"When I got home from work the next day I developed a fever," said Batres.
Batres' foot got worse and he was hospitalized for several days. Doctors told him the infection had spread throughout his body and if they didn't amputate he could eventually die. Batres agreed and the right foot was removed. Batres' attorney said the apartment management is to blame.
"In less than a week, this man's life was turned upside down. He was a father of three, had a full time job and now he's missing a leg," said Veronia Foley, Houston lawyer.
Despite missing half his leg, Batres is thankful to have survived.
"I am alive and I thank God for that," said Batres.
Batres has filed a lawsuit against the apartment complex. Apartment managers did not return phone calls for comment.
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