RESEARCHERS SAY SEEING WAVY
LINES, OR BLURRINESS BEFORE A
MIGRAINE, THEY ARE SIGNS OF AN
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT WHICH COULD
LEAD TO A STROKE.
A WOMAN WHO TRAVELED TO
MEXICO FOR PLASTIC SURGERY IS
IN A COMA.
FAMILIES DECIDING WHETHER TO
TAKE HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT.
WE TALKED TO HER FAMILY AND
DOCTORS ABOUT THE RISK OF
TRYING TO SAVE MONEY ON PLASTIC
SURGERY.
KNOWING MY WIFE, SHE LOVED
TO DANCE, SHE LOVED TO SING.
SHE WAS A GREAT COOK.
SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE.
A PERSON FULL OF LAUGHTER
AND LOVE IS HOW HER FAMILY
DESCRIBES HER.
LAURA'S HUSBAND SAYS SHE HAD
BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH A
DOCTOR AND WANTED A NOSE JOB.
SHE IS PERFECT AND IF
SOMETHING CAUGHT GETTING A NOSE
JOB WOULD MAKE HER FEEL BETTER,
IT'S CRUEL TO SAY THAT SHE
DESERVED THIS.
LAURA TOLD HER DOCTOR SHE
WAS A NERVOUS PERSON AND WAS
AFRAID HER BLOOD PRESSURE WOULD
GO UP DURING THE PROCEDURE.
THE DOCTOR TOLD HER NOT TO
WORRY.
OCTOBER 30 SHE WENT IN FOR
SURGERY.
RIGHT AWAY THEY TOLD ME THAT
THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH HER
BLOOD PRESSURE.
AND THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO
DO THE PROCEDURE.
BUT THEY WERE WAITING FOR HER
TO COME OUT OF THE ANESTHESIA.
HE SAYS ABOUT EIGHT HOURS
PAST WHEN HE WAS TOLD SHE WOULD
HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
LAURA HAD GONE INTO CARDIAC
ARREST.
WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS THE
ANESTHESIA WENT TO HER BRAIN
INSTEAD OF HER BODY.
RECEIPTS PROVIDED BY HER
FAMILY SHOWED SHE PAID ABOUT
2000 FOR THE PROCEDURE.
IF YOU CONSIDERING GETTING
IT DONE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER PLEASE
KEEP IN MIND ARE GETTING WHAT
YOU PAY FOR.
PROFESSIONAL FROM TEXAS TECH
UNIVERSITY SAYS IT TAKES ABOUT
16 YEARS TO BECOME A PLASTIC
SURGEON IN AMERICA.
THE REQUIREMENTS IN MEXICO TAKE
LESS TIME THAN THAT.
THEY DO FEWER YEARS IN TERMS
OF SPECIALTY TRAINING.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL
SURGERY ARE LESS.
IT'S COMPARABLE BUT NOT THE
SAME.
THIS DOCTOR RECOMMENDS
