There are new developments in the allegations that a major medical error during a circumcision left a boy disfigured.
Investigative reporter Aaron Diamant interviewed the nurse-midwife who performed the procedure at a Riverdale clinic. (WSB-TV)
The lawsuit names both the nurse-midwife and the medical clinic's owners as defendants. Both of them sat down with Diamant to deny the horrific allegations.
"I'm sitting here because I have nothing to hide,” said nurse-midwife Melissa Jones. Jones remains confident despite facing a $2 million malpractice lawsuit filed by the mother this week.
"All of those allegations are completely false,” Jones said.
Stacie Willis claimed her son suffered a partial amputation during a circumcision procedure performed by Jones at the Life-Cycle Pediatric Clinic last year.
“No child deserves to go through this,” Willis said.
Willis said the clinic's staff sent her and Dejuan home when the bleeding slowed, rather than seek emergency care.
The lawsuit claims Dejuan now faces a lifetime of medical and psychological care.
"I feel like you stole his whole teenage years, his whole adult life,” Willis said.
Jones remains adamant when asked if she made mistakes during the procedure.
"I don't feel like I made any mistakes during that procedure,” Jones said. She admitted there was more bleeding than normal, but "the bleeding was contained with direct pressure and silver nitrate sticks and there was no bleeding when the patient left the office."
Jones claimed she has performed more than 650 circumcisions without incident and plans to fight Willis' lawsuit.
"They have absolutely no evidence or no medical documentation from any health care provider that has treated them that is going to authenticate any of these allegations,” Jones said.
Jones also said she's not convinced the boy's mother followed post-op care instructions.
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“It's shocking. It's catastrophic. I don't know what other extreme words you could use about someone having essentially the end of their penis amputated, for a male, is almost the worst thing you can imagine,” said attorney Jonathan Johnson.
While Dejuan Williams is all smiles just days ahead of his first birthday, his mom is anything but.
"No child deserves to go through this,” said Stacie Willis.
Willis struggled to fight back tears as she described the botched circumcision at a Riverdale clinic that left her son permanently disfigured.
"I was in disbelief, because I had concerns about this from the beginning, so it was like reality had just smacked me in the face,” Willis said.
Willis has filed a $2 million lawsuit against Life Cycle Pediatrics, the owner Anne Sigouin, and nurse midwife Melissa Jones, who Willis said performed the procedure.
Willis said the clinic's staff sent her and her son home when the bleeding slowed, rather than seek emergency care. The lawsuit claims Dejuan now faces a lifetime of medical and psychological care.
"I feel like you stole his whole teenage years, his whole adult life,” Willis said.
A staff member told WSB-TV the clinic's owner wasn't available for comment. The nurse-midwife also was unavailable for comment.
"To me it's not about the money. To me it's more of making sure she's not allowed to do anything like this to any other child,” Willis said.
