PHILLIP SEATON PENIS AMPUTATION: TRIAL BEGINS

"HORRIFIED"

A DOC who lopped off a man's penis, allegedly without consent began his trial yesterday.
Phillip Seaton, 64, claimed he was "horrified" when he woke up to find some of manhood missing after what was supposed to be an operation that was meant to be a simple circumcision to relieve inflammation.
But Urologist Dr John Patterson told the Shelbyville, KY jury that he saved Seaton's life when he amputated part of the man's penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer
He said: "What I saw was not a penis. What I saw was cancer."
Although Seaton, is unable to read or write he did allegedly sign a pre-surgery consent form allowing his doctor to perform any unforeseen condition found necessary.
But the truck driver claims he never gave Patterson consent or permission to perform the amputation.
According to WLKY he told the court: "I pulled the dressing down, and I didn't see nothing. Then I came out of the restroom and I said: 'I'm getting the hell out of this damn hospital.'"
His wife Deborah Seaton testified that she was not consulted by the doctor about the amputation, but if she had been, she would have advised him to halt the surgery and wake up her husband.
She said: "It's his body. He should have a say in it."
Patterson however claimed that he did not consult her because she had not accompanied her husband to office visits or into the pre-operation area which he thought was unusual.
He told the court: "My impression was she would not be someone I would ask what he would want."
Seaton's brother David had previously testified that Phillip Seaton has been depressed and angry since the surgery. "The spark is gone out of his life. He used to be such a happy person," David Seaton testified.
The trial continues.