Hey WrinkleNuts
 

geeeeezz...it's bad enough U have to torture the general public.....but what's going on here???? :eek:

Girl in coma after dentist visit

Tribune staff report
Published September 25, 2006, 10:13 AM CDT


A 5-year-old Chicago girl remained in a coma this morning after she was sedated during a visit to the dentist and never woke up.

Diamond Brownridge was in critical condition this morning in the pediatric intensive care unit of Children's Memorial Hospital, WGN-Ch. 9 reported.

"She's on life support right now. They said it doesn't look good, to expect the worst," the girl's mother, Ommettress Travis, told CLTV.

The incident started about 8 a.m. Saturday when Travis brought her daughter to the Little Angel Dental office, a storefront dental clinic in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. The girl had complained of tooth pain. A dentist discovered a couple of cavities and also determined the child should get caps on her lower front teeth.

To prepare her for the procedure, Diamond was given an oral sedative, followed by an intravenous sedative and nitrous oxide gas, Travis said. The mother said she was told to leave the room during treatment.

Travis returned a half-hour later, paid the bill for the office visit and found her daughter lying on her side in a chair. The child was not breathing.

"When I reached to get my daughter, I turned her around and immediately… her head went back, her eyes were in the back of her head, and she was just numb," Travis told CLTV.

Diamond had no pulse, and paramedics were unable to resuscitate her, CLTV reported. She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and then transferred to Children's Memorial.

Family members were stunned by the turn of events. They described Diamond as an outgoing and intelligent girl who had just started kindergarten.

"It's very hard dealing with this right now because she was everything to me, my little princess, my little best friend," the child's father, Paris Brownridge, told CLTV.

Travis, a medical assistant, said she would have been able to tell something was wrong.

"I feel if I would have stayed there, I would have known when her heart stopped," the mother told CLTV. "I believe her heart probably stopped in the middle of the procedure, and they did not recognize it."

The lesson for other parents, she said, is, "Whenever you go to take your daughter to the doctor, don't leave the room. Regardless if they tell you to leave the room, do not leave the room."

Representatives of Little Angel were not returning telephone calls this morning, WGN and CLTV reported.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Copyright © 2006, Chicago Tribune

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

Wow! That ain't good! Oral,IV & nitrous? 2 me, seems like alot!!?? Best thoughts 4 the little girl. Tracy

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

By the way, don't make fun of George just cuz he is missing his NUTZ!!! :eek:

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

I'm not touching yur Nuts....sorry...how many times do I have to tell you? :evilb:

I won't post the p/ms U send me asking for special attension U desire :bunny:

the Nortech guys will get the wrong idea. Yur secrets are safe with me :evilb:

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

Not my nutz U perv! My poor dogs long gone NUTZ! I still have mine and U ain't get'n near'm!! Stay on your side of Lake Michigan U Jerry Springer special!! :p :p

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

Wow, great thread! :rolleyes:

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

Hey, that Perv DT started it and I responded sincerely to his dental story. Then I had 2 respond 2 him insulting my ball-less dog w/ his title. It's just not right! He should B kicked off OSO. C Terry, how that Beak boy keeps hang'n round the NT site! He is try'n to live vicariously thru us NT folks!! :evilb: Freak'n scammer is what he is!!

Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

my Reggie lost his balls a year ago.... :chick:
here he is the day after the balls were gone :D

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Re: Hey WrinkleNuts
 

U talk'n bout your dog or the boat builder????? :p

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