Without legitimate purpose? Were you being sarcastic? If not I can tell you that there exist very legitimate reasons to remove the tonsils. WHen my daughter was school-aged the pediatricians office was like a second home. She was always getting sick, strep, high fevers. Colds would turn into something worse. She missed a lot of school. She became depressed. They passed her along from the 8th grade in to high school but they should not have. Gave her a passing grade but They penalized her for missing so many days by not allowing her to participate in the actual graduation ceremony. Finally when she turned 18 I too her to see an ENT doctor. He scheduled a tonsillectomy and while talking to the nurse in pre-op about her history of illness and doctor’s never once offering this the nurse stated that during the previous 15 years the medical community was of the mindset that tonsils should stay in but that at that present point that mindset was quickly shifting. She had my grandson’s tonsils removed when he was 4 because we could see he was starting down the same road. It was a piece of cake for him, my daughter on the other hand suffered for days after hers. It is a very hard procedure to deal with as an adult. She had complications with pneumonia and dehydration. If a child is sick often and the throat is what’s harboring the germs (ENT said it was a “faulty” immune system in daughter’s tonsils)then it’s irresponsible for a doctor NOT to recommend this procedure to parents of YOUNG otherwise healthy children.
I really feel for this girl’s family. I’m curious what exactly went wrong.
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# 53 , # 56.
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And agreed that the doctors should be compassionate, but if the girl is truly brain dead, this would fall under the category of "futile care".
It is horribly sad, but this girl is NOT going to wake up.
Ever.
Sometimes the most compassionate care is letting go.
I've discussed this in detail with my wife, and she knows that I wish for her to PLEASE let me go if I'm in this situation.
I've been at the bedside for several terminal extubations. You are releasing the patient from this body so that their soul can have rest and peace.
Nonsense!
Most tonsillectomies are pure medical misadventure.
(But they do make money)