(us-ma) Father Was Fed Solid Food Unattended After Being Sedated Post Open Heart Surgery. Aspirated And Resulted In Complications. He's Going To Pass Within The Next 6 Months.

My dad (M65) went and got a quadruple bypass done in September of 2023. The surgeon said that all of his valves/arteries were saved including some that weren't expected and that the surgery was a complete success. Due to alcohol withdrawal they had him on some pretty heavy duty medication at least until the next couple days of his stay. I visited him the day after surgery in which they took him off of all his tubes and he was barely conscious or coherent and regularly falling asleep/nodding off. He had solid food.

The next day I received a call that my permission was required for a procedure to find and remove food particles from his lungs as he had aspirated on food. They did not tell me they had to resuscitate (no pulse, CPR was administered). I once again got a call the same day requesting another procedure to clean out his airways. I was asked to approve him going back on a breathing tube. He was put into a coma.

Over the course of a month he was almost completely unaware of things going on and mostly sedated. They brought him to a rehab to help him learn how to use his legs again and to keep track of his oxygen. They discharged him back to our home before he was able to reliably walk or breathe and did not supply him with any at home oxygen or assistance.

Ever since then, his heart condition never improved. Things worsened and we've recently been told he's at the end stage. He has about 6-12 months at most. The hospital he's at currently is taking much better care of him (he's at a different hospital) and most medical professionals I've spoken to about the ordeal seem mortified.

We got copies of his medical records including everything from his hospital stay and surgery back in September 2023. Theres documentation on the medications he was given and that he aspirated on food. We want to pursue some sort of legal action but this is my first time ever dealing with anything like this. According to my father he's been struggling to find lawyers willing to take the case. Is there anything we should be doing or saying specifically? Does anybody have any advice on how to pursue this? Thank you in advance.

EDIT: Thank you for all the responses so far and please forgive me for not responding or answering many questions. It's a little hard to remember specifics and details right now. One such detail I forgot to mention was that a few months ago the doctors came back to say that the open heart surgery was in fact a complete failure, not a success. None of his valves or arteries are pumping blood correctly or adequately enough (obviously. hes end stage). The surgeon who operated on him is no longer with the hospital.