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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun May 5, 2013, 11:27 AM May 2013

Daughter brain damaged after procedure, family sues [View all]

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (WABC) -- A family's teenage daughter went into the hospital for a routine procedure but ended up suffering severe brain damage and is now unable to communicate. They filed a lawsuit against the hospital on Friday.

"The last thing she said to me was, 'You mean you're not going Mommy?' And I just think if I was there I would have made her better," said Iris Ferraro, Raina's mother.

Raina Ferraro had the natural and constant joy of a cheerleader, the endless energy of a teenager, and a future as shimmering as her smile.

But Raina Ferraro now is 19-years-old, severely brain damaged, and trapped in what will be a lifetime of darkness and silence for as long as she lives.

"I want my baby back," Iris Ferraro said

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=9089635

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Daughter brain damaged after procedure, family sues [View all] hrmjustin May 2013 OP

Oh NOOOOOOO!!! tblue May 2013 #1

I think she meant that the mother was not going in the OR with her. Not totally sure on that. hrmjustin May 2013 #2