That's one way to get rid of Fembot Pelosi On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:55 AM, RichardForbes <[email protected]>wrote:
> > A seemingly harmless cosmetic procedure turned deadly for a Bronx > woman. She died one day after receiving silicone injections in her > thighs, allegedly administered by someone without a medical license. > Fiordaliza Pichardo's husband never thought she needed silicone > injections to make her more attractive and would often tell her: > > "'Hey, why you do that? Stop doing that.' She'd tell me, 'Oh let me do > this a little bit,'" Fausto Rodriguez told CBS 2 HD. And the 43-year > old tried to keep her injections secret, especially since they were > allegedly being administered by her unlicensed friend, Elsa Then. > "She trusted this lady so health-wise, no worries," said Kelvin > Rodriguez, the victim's son. > > But the worries became real on March 16 when the family says the woman > then paid a visit. "I seen the lady and her preparing. What I saw was > the towel," Kelvin Rodriguez said. Mother and friend went to the > bedroom, where behind closed doors, another injection, this one to the > thigh, took place. But then hours later something started to happen to > Pichardo. > > "She told me she got problems with her chest, breathing and then she > told me she wanted to go the hospital," Fausto Rodriguez said. > Pichardo was rushed to the hospital but died the next morning of what > the medical examiner's officer said was a silicone pulmonary embolism, > caused by so much silicone injected that it was clotting in her lungs. > > CBS 2 HD caught up with Elsa Then, who told us she's a cosmetologist > and that she was questioned by police. When asked if she does silicone > injections, she said, "No, never." CBS 2 HD: "You're telling me you > never injected this woman, in the thighs, in the buttocks?" Then: > "Yes, I never did." > > Then admitted to knowing Pichardo and even visiting her in the > hospital, a place where the family says Then could have told doctors > about the injection, but never did. "She didn't say anything, at > all," daughter Marines Rodriguez said. "I'm positive. The doctors had > no idea." > > The family admits it, too, didn't tell doctors about the silicone > injection because they didn't think there was any connection. Now the > connection is all too real -- a silicone injection turning so tragic. > "We're missing one person. Nobody can replace that hole," Fausto > Rodriguez said. Police said so far no arrests have been made, but they > are investigating. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
