Rachel Erceg and her husband, Stephen Bryant, filed the lawsuit Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Cook County Circuit Court against Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Prentice Women’s Hospital, a doctor, and two hospital staff.

According to the suit, Erceg claims that her gynecologist carried out the CS on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Prentice Women’s Hospital.
The complainant said in the suit that during the procedure, a laparotomy sponge was left inside her abdomen.
According to World Wide Weird News, she was discharged from the hospital three days later, but returned to see the doctor on eight occasions between then and March 3, 2014 complaining of abdominal pain and other symptoms, including fever.
 However, she never had an X-ray or CT scan performed, only to discover the sponge inside her stomach.
Another surgery was conducted on her to remove the sponge on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 which was exactly five months after the CS.
The eleven-count suit claims negligence and loss of consortium, and seeks at least $1,650,000 in damages.
A spokeswoman for Northwestern Memorial, which owns and operates Prentice, declined to make any comment about the case.