"John" wrote:
> Serves her right. All for vanity's sake she lost her precious life. How
> pathetic. Just for bigger tits.
It doesn't "serve her right", you stupid .. It doesn't matter that it
was about vanity. She's dead. What a .ing dumb-ass YOU are for even
saying that. What if this was someone that you knew? What if this was
someone that you loved?
> "Reality_Check©" wrote in message
> news:64uf4cF2d7lflU1@mid.individual.net...
> > Florida Teen Dies After Complications During Breast Surgery
> > Doctors Believe a Reaction to Anesthesia May Have Caused Death
> > By TANYA RIVERO and JONANN BRADY
> > March 25, 2008 -
> >
> >
> > Florida high school senior Stephanie Kuleba had everything going for
> her --
> > she was the well-liked captain of her varsity cheerleading team at West
> Boca
> > High School, and she had been accepted to the University of Florida,
> > where she hoped to study medicine.
> >
> >
> > The 18-year-old's promising life was cut short Saturday after she
> > suffered what doctors believe was a fatal reaction to anesthesia during
> > breast augmentation surgery.
> >
> >
> > Nearly two hours into the surgery, Kuleba was rushed to Delray Medical
> > Center, where she died 24 hours later, said the family's attorney
> > Roberto Stanziale.
> >
> >
> > Kuleba was undergoing surgery to correct asymmetrical breasts and an
> > inverted areola, Stanziale said.
> >
> >
> > Doctors believe the cause of death was malignant hyperthermia, a
> relatively
> > rare metabolic condition that can be triggered by certain anesthesia. A
> > patient's heart rate and metabolism rises, causing the body temperature
> > to rise as high as 112 degrees.
> >
> >
> > Board-certified plastic surgeon Stephen Schuster performed the surgery
> > at
> an
> > outpatient facility in Boca Raton.
> >
> > "I am devastated by the loss and I feel for the family," he said in a
> > statement.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Gift of Plastic Surgery
> >
> > According to just released data from the American Society of Plastic
> > Surgeons, nearly 348,000 breast augmentation procedures were performed
> > in 2007, a 64 percent increase from 2000.
> >
> > The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported that
> > between 2002 and 2003, the number of women and girls younger than 18
> > who got
> breast
> > implants nearly tripled, from 3,872 to 11,326.
> >
> > Doctors also say they are seeing more parents giving their teens the
> > gift
> of
> > new breasts or other cosmetic surgery for milestones like birthdays or
> > graduations.
> >
> > "I've seen an increase in teens having plastic surgery, and certainly
> > for graduation," said Dr. Stephen T. Greenberg, a New York plastic
> > surgeon and the author of "A Little Nip, A Little Tuck."
> >
> >
> > The American Society of Plastic Surgeons strongly believes that no one
> > younger than 18 should undergo plastic surgery.
> >
> > Cosmetic breast implants for patients younger than 18 are not approved
> > by the Food and Drug Administration, except in cases of reconstructive
> > or corrective surgery, such as asymmetry.
> >
> > Friends at West Boca Raton High School expressed shock and sadness
> > during
> a
> > candlelight vigil for Kuleba on Sunday evening.
> >
> >
> > "She was a role model for a lot of people," classmate Vicky Goldring,
> > 16, told the Palm Beach Post. "She was incredibly smart. She wanted to
> > help people. She was just a happy 18-year-old girl."
> >
> > As her grief-stricken family members wait for a definitive answer about
> > Kuleba's death, they cannot ignore the cruel irony that their daughter
> > aspired to become a plastic surgeon.
> >
> >
> > |