Overview
- Rachel Tussey was taken off life support days after her Feb. 25 abdominoplasty and has died, according to her family.
- She documented her preparation for the elective surgery to more than 25,000 TikTok followers.
- Her husband says she became unresponsive in recovery, staff performed CPR, and she was transported to TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital.
- He says doctors told him she went more than six minutes without oxygen before being declared brain dead.
- The family has retained a lawyer and launched a GoFundMe that had raised about $21,335 of a $22,000 goal, with no lawsuit filed or official statements reported.