Child Chemotherapy Mishap

Most of us have had a family member or loved on go through a battle with cancer.  While some people are fortunate enough to be victorious, others are not.  Although most cancers affect people later in their lives, some people face the disease while they are still children.
    
Children who suffer from cancer have some things working in their favor, namely their energy and ability to quickly recover from trauma.  However, their smaller bodies make administering medicines such as chemotherapy more difficult.  
    
For instance, a child in the Bronx, New York, was able to survive an operation that removed a malignant tumor.  After the surgery, the child needed chemotherapy.  However, because of the child's small size there was a complication in the administration of the chemotherapy.  The drugs were supposed to be inserted into a vein in the child's chest via a catheter but instead the drugs were simply being poured into the child's chest cavity.  
    
Since chemotherapy is so toxic, the child quickly went into cardiac arrest.  The surgeon placed a needle in the child's chest and a fountain of clear fluid, the chemo, came pouring out.  The child then slipped into a coma, suffered partial blindness, and took months before making a recovery.  
    
The hospital staff knew they were having difficulty setting up the catheter.  Nonetheless, the hospital began to pump the child full of the toxins.  There is really no excuse as to why a decision to insert toxins into the child was made without any certainty that the catheter was set up correctly.  The child in this case was lucky to escape with her life.

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