When they told me he had Down Syndrome, all of the worst case scenarios came to me – children and adolescents with Down Syndrome are between 10 and 30 times more likely to develop leukemia. After Bennett was born, we went through dozens of doctors’ appointments to check his ears, eyes,...
It may become necessary to evaluate individual provider and institutional performance nationwide, as well as to monitor complications by an independent committee to include midwives, nurses and doulas, along with operating room technicians, doctors and governmental agents to implement safety parameters and...
As difficult as that may be to accept, it seems that perforation may have been the least of the possible side effects. The chemical coating of the Essure device, meant by design to induce inflammation and scar tissue, was a toxicant itself; one that was inserted directly into the body. Th...