The more I read, the more I think this poor child was a causality of quick fix medicine. You know, the if-you-have-a-problem-take-a-pill mindset that seems to pervade our society.
Nothing is ever mentioned about the girl trying to lose weight...... at all.
I’ve posted this before. Perhaps part of this family’s problem letting go is that they feel guilt. It seemed so easy to just have the surgery. Why would her parents cook healthy meals and exercise with her? If you notice, mom’s also obese.
This was an if-you-have-a-problem-I-have-a-knife mindset. My best friend is a doc and a lady I'm very close to is an RN who works in the OR. I just had a new doc try and put me in line for another knee replacement and this was within the first five minutes on my first appointment with him. He was looking at the wrong xrays and making some huge jumps about things he did not know.
I looked at my wife made an excuse and was out of his office in record time. I spent 8 years undergoing multiple surgeries to rebuild my leg. This guy knew nothing about what I had been through.