Teen's Breast Surgery Results in Death

I've been tinkering with whether or not to write about this because it's one of the most frustrating and sad stories that I've come across in a while. Stephanie Kuleba, an 18 year-old who was getting surgery to correct asymmetrical beasts and inverted nipples, an outpatient surgery that has been conducted by credited institutions a total of 1.4 million times, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Sadly, Stephanie died of a rare and silent but deadly condition called Malignant Hyperthermia. The condition is triggered by anesthesia , which forces the heart to jump to a rapid rate, the musc les to get rigid and for the victim to get a fever of 110 degrees or higher. Apparently the condition can be reversed if caught within 30 minutes after its onset by Dantrolene, a muscle ralaxant, but in Kuleba's case, it wasn't caught soon enough.

The situation is terribly sad no matter who was the victim, but what makes it even sadder to me is that Stephanie was a bright student, captain of her cheerleading squad and described as always having a smile on her face. To read that an image problem resulted in her passing away way too early is really sad. To hear about anyone passing away is a tragedy, but with an 18 year-old who had her whole life in front her but felt the need to get corrective surgery for aesthetic purposes is heart-wrenching.