Eggs Anyone?
U/USMC0317: “My three-year-old is undergoing tonsil surgery, and I’m doing my routine pre-operative physical, history, and evaluation. Her parents ensure she hasn’t eaten or drunk anything since the previous evening. After returning her to the operating room and putting her to sleep, she vomits what essentially amounts to solid, undigested scrambled eggs and aspirates when I try to insert the breathing tube.
We took her to the ICU and postponed the surgery. She was given less breakfast by her parents just before they arrived. When you confront the parents, they essentially tell you that they felt we were just being cruel by denying her food for eight hours. We ask you to refrain from eating for a while before surgery for a purpose. It is not because we just like being. Listen to us, please.”
