Usher's wife recovering after cardiac arrest

SAO PAULO – The wife of R&B singer Usher continues to recover in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly before undergoing plastic surgery, the spokeswoman of the doctor who was to perform the procedure said Thursday.

Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman, says Tameka Raymond checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital last Friday for a "simple liposuction." Dastry said that Raymond suffered a cardiac arrest while being anesthetized for the procedure "but was revived in less than a minute by heart massage." She was then placed in an induced coma before being taken to the intensive-care unit, a procedure Dastry said was "absolutely normal" and performed in order to "avoid unnecessary complications."

That same day Raymond was transferred to Sao Paulo's posh and better-equipped Sirio-Libanes Hospital where she is recovering, Dastry said without providing further details.

At Sirio-Libanes, a spokeswoman would only say that Raymond remains hospitalized. She explained that Raymond's family requested that no information regarding her condition be divulged by the hospital. She did not give her name, per hospital rules.

Usher was supposed to perform at music mogul Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party last Saturday, but backed out to come to Brazil to be with his wife.

The 30-year-old R&B star and his wife were married in August 2007. They have two young sons, 2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 2-month-old Naveid Ely Raymond.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_en_ce/lt_brazil_usher

I'm glad she's doing okay and all, but I wonder why she decided to have surgery so soon after giving birth. The baby is only about 2 months old. I'm not a doctor or in the medical profession period, but it seems a bit early to be getting cut. It also seems (to me) that she was nervous about the whole thing to begin with. If you ain't got no reason to go under the knife, don't even fool with it. Poor thing could've died on that table.

One more thing. If the Raymonds said that they didn't want any information about her condition be given by the hospital, then can someone please explain to me why the hospital spokesperson is leaking the story period??? I mean, it's not ALL of the info, but stating that she went into cardiac arrest just before having liposuction is more than enough to have folks tune in. Just curious.

Miss K · Calienté!

Publicist: Usher's wife recuperating from surgery

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hmm.. i think it is Nah-Veed but I'm not sure... wonder what kind of surgery she had in Brazil...

Miss K · Calienté!

UPDATE:

Usher's wife recovering after cardiac arrest

SAO PAULO – The wife of R&B singer Usher continues to recover in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly before undergoing plastic surgery, the spokeswoman of the doctor who was to perform the procedure said Thursday.

Ellen Dastry, spokeswoman for plastic surgeon Silvio Sterman, says Tameka Raymond checked into the Sao Rafael Hospital last Friday for a "simple liposuction." Dastry said that Raymond suffered a cardiac arrest while being anesthetized for the procedure "but was revived in less than a minute by heart massage." She was then placed in an induced coma before being taken to the intensive-care unit, a procedure Dastry said was "absolutely normal" and performed in order to "avoid unnecessary complications."

That same day Raymond was transferred to Sao Paulo's posh and better-equipped Sirio-Libanes Hospital where she is recovering, Dastry said without providing further details.

At Sirio-Libanes, a spokeswoman would only say that Raymond remains hospitalized. She explained that Raymond's family requested that no information regarding her condition be divulged by the hospital. She did not give her name, per hospital rules.

Usher was supposed to perform at music mogul Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party last Saturday, but backed out to come to Brazil to be with his wife.

The 30-year-old R&B star and his wife were married in August 2007. They have two young sons, 2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 2-month-old Naveid Ely Raymond.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_en_ce/lt_brazil_usher

I'm glad she's doing okay and all, but I wonder why she decided to have surgery so soon after giving birth. The baby is only about 2 months old. I'm not a doctor or in the medical profession period, but it seems a bit early to be getting cut. It also seems (to me) that she was nervous about the whole thing to begin with. If you ain't got no reason to go under the knife, don't even fool with it. Poor thing could've died on that table.

One more thing. If the Raymonds said that they didn't want any information about her condition be given by the hospital, then can someone please explain to me why the hospital spokesperson is leaking the story period??? I mean, it's not ALL of the info, but stating that she went into cardiac arrest just before having liposuction is more than enough to have folks tune in. Just curious.

Miss K · Calienté!

SECOND UPDATE: I read that Usher left Brazil one day before Tameka was released, and it was also written that he had no idea that she was getting liposuction. I don't even think he knew she was going to Brazil to the hospital period! But I'll double-check that tidbit.

Also, it was written that Tameka LIED to the doctors about the timeframe in which she had the baby. She told the doctors she had him 4 months ago, when in fact, it was 2 months ago. One blogger said that she won't be able to sue because of the false medical report she gave. Hmmm, I wonder if there is trouble in paradise because of this.....ONCE AGAIN. hmmm I guess we'll hear about it as time goes on.