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>> I JUST TOTALLY BROKE DOWN BECAUSE THE DOCTOR MESSAGED ME AND SAID YOU NEED TO GET TO FLORIDA BC YOUR DAUGHTER IS CRITICALLY ILL. JULIE: ROSE BUMPHUS KNEW HER DAUGHTER WAS SUFFERING POST-OP PAIN, BUT SHE DIDN’T KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL SHE GOT THE CALL. >> WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HE WAS TELLING ME WHAT WAS GOING ON, THAT THEY PUNCTURED HER INTESTINES AND HER BOWEL HAD BACKED UP INTO HER SYSTEM AN SHE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT. JULIE: ROSE FLEW TO FLORIDA TO BE BY HER DAUGHTER’S SIDE AT MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN HOLLYWOOD. IT’S NOT FAR FROM THE NEW LIFE COSMETIC CLINIC IN MIAMI WHERE THE INITIAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. >> SHE HAS A TRACH NOW, SHE’S ON DIALYSIS, SKIN GRAFT >> IS SHE ALERT AND CONSCIOU >> NO SHES NOT, SHE CANT. THEYRE SCRUBBING HER INTESTINES DAILY. JULIE: ROSE SAYS RIGHT NOW SHE’S FOCUSED ON HER DAUGHTER’S RECOVERY, BUT WANTS TO WARN OTHERS WHO MAY BE CONSIDERING SIMILAR PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES. >> ITS AN ALTERNATIVE THAT SEEMS LIKE ITS SAFE, BUT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER YOUNG LADIES AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED PAUSE, YOUNG LADIES HAVE DIED FROM THIS PROCEDUR I JUST PRAISE THE LORD THAT WAS NOT MY DAUGHTER. JULIE: FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE CRACKING DOWN. BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2020, A NEW LAW WILL GO INTO EFFECT ALLOWING THE STATE TO SUSPEND OR CLOSE CLINIC IF IT’S BELIEVED TO POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. PREVIOUSLY, FLORIDA’S LAWS CONCERNING SURGERY CLINICS WERE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MOST LENIENT IN THE COUNTRY, ALLOWING FOR MORE TO OPEN AND PERFORM LOWER COST SURGERIES. >> I JUST PRAY THAT NOBODY ELSE’S CHILD GETS INJURED OR DIES FROM THIS PROCEDURE. JULIE: ROSE SAYS HER DAUGHTER’S CONDITION IS SLOWLY IMPROVING AND SHE’S HOPEFUL TO BRING HER HOME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTH JULIE DOLAN, WLKY NEWS RICK: WLKY REACHED OUT TO THE MIAMI CLINIC FOR COMMENT. WE RECEIVED THIS STATEMENT WHICH SAYS QUOTE NEW LIFE IS MONITORING MS. BUMPHUS’ PROGRES AND IS CONDUCTING ITS OWN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SURROUNDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCE NEW LIFE STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE UTMOST STANDARD OF CARE AND QUALIT

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A Louisville woman is in the intensive care unit at a Hollywood, Florida, hospital following an alleged botched plastic surgery procedure.Dawn Bumphus underwent a Lipo-360 procedure on July 23. The procedure involves liposuction of the entire midsection. Dawn's mother, Rose Bumphus, said her daughter researched it for months and thought it was a routine elective surgery, so she wasn’t expecting any complications. But a day later, Rose Bumphus said she got an urgent phone call from an emergency room doctor. “I just totally broke down because the doctor left me a message and said you need to get to Florida because your daughter is critically ill,” Rose Bumphus said. “When I talked to him, he was telling me what was going on-- that they punctured her intestines and her bowel had backed up into her system and she was on life support.” Rose Bumphus flew to Florida to be by her daughter's side at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. It's not far from the New Life Cosmetic Clinic in Miami where the initial procedure was performed. Rose Bumphus said her daughter found the clinic on Instagram and consulted several previous patients before scheduling the procedure. She said they didn’t find any negative reviews at the time. As for her daughter’s continued recovery, Rose Bumphus said, “She has a tracheotomy now, she's on dialysis and she’s having skin grafts.” She is not yet alert and conscious due to heavy sedatives needed for daily intestinal scrubbing, Bumphus said, and doctors told her the intestine was punctured at least eight times and it’s a miracle she survived.Bumphus said right now she's focused on her daughter's recovery, but wants to warn others who may be considering similar plastic surgery procedures. “Well, you know how young ladies want their bodies to look nice, and there’s nothing wrong with that.. but I think it should be brought to the attention of the public, especially women, even men, you need to investigate the doctors thoroughly,” she said. “It’s an alternative that seems like it’s safe, but until you actually see what is happening to other young ladies and what has happened … Young ladies have died from this procedure. I just praise the Lord that it was not my daughter.”Florida lawmakers are cracking down. Beginning in January 2020, a new law will go into effect allowing the state to suspend or close a clinic if it’s believed to pose a threat to the public. Previously, Florida's laws concerning surgery clinics were considered some of the most lenient in the country, allowing for more of them and lowering prices. Bumphus said, “I just pray that nobody else's child gets injured or dies from this procedure.” She says her daughter's condition is slowly improving and she's hopeful to bring her home in the next few months.WLKY reached out to the Miami clinic for comment. The clinic’s attorney, Carlos Santisteban sent us this statement:“New Life is monitoring Ms. Bumphus’ progress and is conducting its own internal assessment of the surrounding facts and circumstances. My client is unable to further comment on this matter at this time. New Life strives to provide the utmost standard of care and quality service to each and every patient. We will continue to cooperate with the patient and her family.”Bumphus has been raising money to help get her daughter back to Louisville through this GoFundMe page.