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tammywammy

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4. It was not just a tonsillectomy

Sat Jan 4, 2014, 06:09 AM

Jan 2014

rom CHO’s attorney’s response court filings on December 20, we learned that Jahi had not had a simple tonsillectomy, but actually several invasive procedures to open up her upper airway. She’d undergone an adenotonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, and submucous resection of bilateral inferior turbinates. In laymen’s terms, her tonsils and adenoids had been surgically removed from the back of her throat, her uvula (that thing hanging down at the back of your throat) and soft palate removed or remodeled, and excess soft tissue removed from the back of her nose. These tissues are very fragile and highly vascular, meaning they can bleed a lot, as anyone who has had a nosebleed can testify to.

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2014/01/jahis-legacy.html

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For someone who has limited access to western news due to location, Jahi McMath. Please help [View all] Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 OP

I'll try. Savannahmann Jan 2014 #1

It was not just a tonsillectomy tammywammy Jan 2014 #4

It was not just a routine procedure. tammywammy Jan 2014 #2

This is possibly the best, well-thought out, and unbiased look by a professional I have seen. jtuck004 Jan 2014 #5

I saw the link in LBN tammywammy Jan 2014 #6

+1000 catbyte Jan 2014 #8

Blogspot is blocked in China. Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 #7

The child was obese and having sleeping difficulties, a surgeon performed THREE procedures at once. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #3

As someone with sleep apnea, I'm shocked they performed surgery on a 13-year-old. Brickbat Jan 2014 #9