Whether we like to think about it or not, sometimes things go wrong in the course of delivering a baby. When they do, parents may be forced to quickly come to terms with a reality they did not expect. A situation where this could happen is when a baby is diagnosed with cerebral palsy after he or she is born.
All surgical procedures carry some risk
While some surgical procedures are more minor than others the reality is that there is risk associated with all of them. The recent death of comedian Joan Rivers in the course of an outpatient surgery illustrates this. She died from complications that arose while she underwent procedures to examine her vocal cords and throat. Her unexpected death prompted her daughter to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against the clinic where she underwent the procedure.
