A lawsuit follows:

Despite Dixson’s age, 90, doctors felt he was healthy enough to undergo surgery the next day to be fit with a prosthetic bone, said his son, Julius Jr. Beforehand, a hospital staffer removed Dixson’s dentures, the son said. But after the surgery, the dentures could not be found.

The next 13 days were a nightmare, as the hospital staff gave Dixson “food that you need to . . . to chew,” Julius Jr. said.

He said he told staffers that his father was losing weight and that he was dehydrated. But nurses and Dixson’s surgeon, Dr. O. Alton Barron, downplayed the concerns, Julius Jr. recalled.

Nine days after the surgery, a worried Dixson told him, “‘If I die in here, you go after them,'” Julius Jr. recounted.

(via Dr. RW)