So sorry you are going through so much. I may also need to have my knee redone, Would you mind sharing the surgeons name at New England Baptist. Thank you . Cindy

So sorry to hear about what you are going through.

I was sold a partial knee replacement with the doc telling me it would be a smaller scar, I would heal faster, etc. What he didn't tell me was that a PKR has a high rate of failure. I fact, the first time I was gotten up by the nurses after the surgery, the knee went out of place -- like a crooked road, down thigh with my knee jutting out to the side and then down!
Seems the stitches the doc did failed almost immediately.
The guy said he wanted to do a "readjustment" about 4 months later on this knee. This was during the Covid shutdown it was difficult getting anything. When I hesitated he said that it would be best to do a TKR 4 months after the first botched operation. Meanwhile I was in pain, could not extend my leg and all the things that go with knee surgery.
I did have the second one and had a very hard time with recovery. The surgeon was not interested in my healing and walking properly, he just wanted to get me signed up to do the other knee. Ex. he once had me walk down the hallway and comment that I would be getting my full range of motion back. When I told that to my hubby (who was in the examining room) the doc backed off on that. At each appointment he would come in the room asking when he could schedule the next knee!
I did get therapy, but eventhough I had improved I still needed help - he refused it saying he was going to save any more therapy until after he did my other knee!!!
This was only 6 months after the second operation (which he charged us full price for).
That ws it for me, we found a top notch surgeon with the help of my family doc. After reading all the reports from the hospital and the x rays, this doc told us, flat out, that the first one should not have done a PKR because of the very high rate of failure on them that resulted in a second operation.
He also said that no one should try to push me into the next TKR. He got me into therapy and I am doing a lot better now that I am about 14 months out from the second surgery. He did say that there were some things the surgeon didn't do, like putting a pin in where he did the bone graff (yep, ended up with one of those because of the failure of the first surgery".
New surgeon said it is going to take me longer due to having 2 operations on the same leg. I still have pain in the knee area, tingling, swelling, but he is doing what he can to get me relief.

And, like you, I am also wondering about suing. I believe I have the right to have the inner stitching last more than day after the surgery.