such a sad story

Danzig · #1 12-30-2013, 09:21 PM

i know it, it's awful. i cannot imagine a worse pain than losing a child. my heart goes out to that poor family. just a tragedy. who the hell dies from a freaking tonsillectomy?!

my miss storm cat · #2 12-30-2013, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i know it, it's awful. i cannot imagine a worse pain than losing a child. my heart goes out to that poor family. just a tragedy. who the hell dies from a freaking tonsillectomy?!

I know. It makes no sense.

GenuineRisk · #3 12-31-2013, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i know it, it's awful. i cannot imagine a worse pain than losing a child. my heart goes out to that poor family. just a tragedy. who the hell dies from a freaking tonsillectomy?!

Gawker has a piece up about this right now and in the comments section, a surgical resident said that there are so many blood vessels in that part of the body that post surgical bleeding is not surprising- from what I read, the girl awoke after surgery, started bleeding and went into cardiac arrest.

I'm not defending the hospital; I hope there's a full investigation (a real one) and that if there's cause the family sues (I imagine they will anyway), but it's a reminder that surgery is never something to be regarded lightly. Sometimes the doctors do everything right and the patient still dies.

Danzig · #4 12-31-2013, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Gawker has a piece up about this right now and in the comments section, a surgical resident said that there are so many blood vessels in that part of the body that post surgical bleeding is not surprising- from what I read, the girl awoke after surgery, started bleeding and went into cardiac arrest.

I'm not defending the hospital; I hope there's a full investigation (a real one) and that if there's cause the family sues (I imagine they will anyway), but it's a reminder that surgery is never something to be regarded lightly. Sometimes the doctors do everything right and the patient still dies.

exactly! it's why i would never get operated on by choice. women have died having plastic surgery done. vanity isn't worth that type risk.

yeah, they said she started bleeding from nose and mouth, just a shame. my mother had complications when she was a kid from her t'ectomy, but i don't know that i'd ever heard of someone dying after that type surgery.
the girl had apnea-i just wonder if that caused other issues in that area of the throat...not a doctor, so just wondering if there's a tie somehow.

GenuineRisk · #5 12-31-2013, 12:30 PM

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exactly! it's why i would never get operated on by choice. women have died having plastic surgery done. vanity isn't worth that type risk.

yeah, they said she started bleeding from nose and mouth, just a shame. my mother had complications when she was a kid from her t'ectomy, but i don't know that i'd ever heard of someone dying after that type surgery.
the girl had apnea-i just wonder if that caused other issues in that area of the throat...not a doctor, so just wondering if there's a tie somehow.

Since the surgery was to help the apnea, I wouldn't be surprised, either. My best friend's dad died as a result of his apnea. He dozed off one afternoon without his CPAP machine and never woke up.

dellinger63 · #6 12-31-2013, 01:23 PM

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About one in every 15,000 tonsillectomies ends in death

http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/S...illectomy.html

dellinger63 · #7 01-01-2014, 08:56 AM

To give some perspective.

The chance of a student being shot and killed at school in a given year.

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The average risk of a particular US student being shot and killed at school in any given year is as follows:

Student of any age: 1 in 15 million
K-8 Student: 1 in 18 million
9-12 Student: 1 in 10.6 million

http://www.psychlawjournal.com/2013/...-part-iii.html

GenuineRisk · #8 01-01-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

To give some perspective.

The chance of a student being shot and killed at school in a given year.

http://www.psychlawjournal.com/2013/...-part-iii.html

I'm sure we all worry about disturbed teenagers carrying concealed tonsillectomies into schools.

Danzig · #9 12-31-2013, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Since the surgery was to help the apnea, I wouldn't be surprised, either. My best friend's dad died as a result of his apnea. He dozed off one afternoon without his CPAP machine and never woke up.

apnea is what killed reggie white. was only 43, i'd have to think he was still in good shape after years of playing football.