In many Florissant cases, the “delay” isn’t one dramatic moment—it’s more like a pattern that builds over multiple encounters:
- After-hours or urgent care visits where symptoms were treated as likely minor, but follow-up didn’t happen as recommended.
- Imaging and lab results that were ordered, but the next step (review, escalation, or referral) came late.
- Specialist handoffs where records didn’t transfer cleanly between facilities, leading to repeated questions and missed context.
- Persistent symptoms that continued across visits, but the working diagnosis didn’t adjust when the clinical picture changed.
If you’re wondering whether you should have been diagnosed sooner, the key question is whether the care you received met the standard expected in Missouri for a reasonably careful clinician under similar circumstances.


