Here is another story about how the loss of their daughter sent them on a mission to improve communications between all medical entities so simple medical errors do not cause the loss of another child. I was especially intrigued when she said her daughter was given methadone for pain and even suggested that if she hadn't been prescribed methadone she would still be alive.
Sometimes I feel like a pied piper, but in my research some of these narcotic pain medicines are so dangerous that in the opinions of a few medical experts should be completely taking off of the market because of the severe respiratory depression that sets in with these young patients. The surgery our little girl had didn't kill her,but it was the Narcotic Codeine and Valium that were prescribed to her following the surgery which set the stage for the severe respiratory depression to set in.
No amount of money would every bring this woman's daughter back, nor would it bring Maria back, the tragedies in each case sends each of us on a mission to better educate the public on the dangers of these drugs. If just one family chooses an alternative pain medication other than Codeine and in the course of that choice one child's life is saved then I know I have done my job.
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