The mother who performed a C-section on herself

December 17, 2008

“So at midnight, after 12 hours of constant pain, the petite, 40-year-old mother of six sat down on a low wooden bench. She took several gulps from a bottle of rubbing alcohol, grabbed a 15-cm knife and began to cut.”

This unbelievable story has to be read to be believed. (via Notes of an Anesthesioboist)



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