It wasn’t a routine tonsillectomy! The girl had sleep apnea due to her weight, and instead of being good parents and teaching her better eating and exercise habits they elected surgery. IIRC, they even removed her uvula to make her airway wider and/or less obstructed.
Sleep apnea is also a cause of high blood pressure. What makes you think that her parents weren’t “good parents”?
Oh well if it wasn’tt routine, then of course she should die!
You know, you are most likely so blissfully unaware of what it’s like to have your precious child die. May you remain in that happy ignorance.
sheesh
I agree it wasn’t a routine tonsillectomy but nowadays, very few tonsillectomies are routine: They are done for peritonsillar abcesses,, or like this case, for huge tonsils obstructing breathing, or even causing sleep apnea
I agree treat the obesity, but you know, sleep apnea causes obesity...I’ve had patients lose weight simply because they feel well enough to exercize after we took their tonsils out.
Someone should have done an emergency tracheostomy, but the nurse didn’t recognize the problem...
can you say huge malpractice suit, children?
However, if you want a really controversial case, try reading about some of the cases thrown out of hospitals by Texas’ “futile care” bill...