Nancy and Shelby Medlin took their healthy 3-year old son, Max, to the hospital for a routine outpatient dental procedure. Due to his young age, Max was anesthetized. Soon after Max awoke, Nancy knew something was terribly wrong with her baby. The staff tried to tell her that she was just an overly paranoid mother, but she know better and persisted in trying to get quality care for her son. Four hours later, the doctor finally came to see Max, but it was too late. Tests concluded he was brain dead. The next day, Max was pronounced dead. Suddenly Nancy and Shelby were living every parent’s worst nightmare.
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