Misplaced IV Needle May Have Crippled 3-Year-Old Daughter

Misplaced IV Needle May Have Crippled 3-Year-Old Daughter
Schoolchildren watch a reproduction of an operating theater, Nov. 23, 2017. Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images
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A mother is afraid her daughter’s only means of communication will be affected after nurses let a misplaced IV needle fill the child’s arm with fluid overnight.

Jalena Gunther, of Edmonton, Canada, is no stranger to medical emergencies. She adopted two children with severe medical conditions, hoping to give them better lives than they would have had in overseas orphanages, according to Metronews.