After having her tonsils removed, a teenager tragically had a bad surgery, and 2/3rds of her brain swelled. She was pronounced medically dead. The family of this child wanted to keep her on life support. They feel as though she could heal and get better, if she remained on the plug. However, medical doctors are stating that the girl is legally dead, and that they don't treat dead people. They also said that they would have the right over the family to unplug her. One problem with delaying the teenager being unplugged, is that it will become harder to see what went wrong.
This is devastating. Surgery isn't perfect. It can be so helpful, but there is always a chance of something like this when you start surgery. I find it incredibly sad that the parents don't want to unplug her, but have to. It is understandable why the hospital wants to unplug her, but I know that if it were me, I would be incredibly upset about this choice. Hopefully once they unplug her, they will be able to determine what went wrong in the surgery, in order to prevent this terrible event from happening again.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/17/health/california-girl-brain-dead/index.html?hpt=us_c2
I just read about this in someone else's current event and i think its absolutely crazy! Its so strange how she was just getting her tonsils out one second and the next she was braindead!
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