Report: Anna Had Recent Surgery

Anna Nicole Smith with Danielynn tattooMSNBC's Rita Cosby reports that Anna Nicole may have had recent breast surgery to repair one of her implants.

Cosby also reports the former Playmate had also been prescribed over 10 different types of pain medication, and may have been taking excessive amounts because she developed a tolerance to the effects.

In addition, Cosby's sources tell her that Anna Nicole was found by a member of her staff -- unresponsive and nude in her bed, with a sheet pulled over her face.

Death from cosmetic plastic surgeries occurs in one out of 57,000 cases, per the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Two million plastic surgeries were performed in the United States in 2005.

Adverse reactions to surgery could become serious; there are numerous documented cases of seizures, heart attacks and high fevers leading to death. Recent published research shows that inflammation caused by common respiratory and urinary tract infections like bronchitis, pneumonia and cystitis, may contribute to in increased risk of heart attack and stroke, and the greatest risk is in the earliest stages of infection.

If Anna did have a recent cosmetic procedure, and she exhibited "flu like symptoms" over the last few days, it's quite possible that the star died of a massive infection, perhaps complicated by an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.



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1. Anything is possible...instead of all the speculation that's been flooding blogs all over the web, why not just wait and see how it pans out? C'mon, it's been a trainwreck from the beginning, it's (unfortunately) not over yet.
Meanwhile, give her a break..

Posted at 11:07AM on Feb 11th 2007 by sk8rgurl

2. Gosh ! to die of plastic surgery :( let that be a lesson !

but if she had a private nurse ?????? WTF ?!

I have heard it is common to have a private nurse after plastic surgery but why didn't the nurse catch on ??? ANS had a high fever ?!

But ... back to the DNA testing ! this is the most important part of this drama . The five month old baby should come first here .

Posted at 11:34AM on Feb 11th 2007 by Stop talentless hacks !

3. I agree with sk8rgurl
Too many people have made strong statements and judgements out of ignorance on this site - or used ANS' death as a way to vent their own frustration or unhapiness. There's just too much people dont know!

Posted at 11:30AM on Feb 11th 2007 by roxy

4. Nude in her bed, just like Marilyn Monroe. RIP Anna! This story is so sad, that poor baby.

Posted at 12:12PM on Feb 11th 2007 by MISSNYC

5. Pretty sure a massive infection you describe would have been apparent in the autopsy.

Posted at 11:21AM on Feb 11th 2007 by Ned Nickerson

6. If she had such a bad infection that it killed her, there would have been signs of it at autopsy. There wasn't.

If you have to wait weeks for toxicology results to come in to declare what killed her, it is almost always drugs. She, obviously, has been on too many drugs for a long time.

It would have only taken a few more, probably due to the death of her beloved son, to be lethal.

Howard K. Stern should have made sure she was in rehab, not hiding away from the real father of her baby. Anna Nicole has been very fragile for a long time, coincidentially (?) since HKS has been two feet away from her the past ten years or so.

Get that baby away from him and all the other people who lived off of her and didn't get her the help she so obviously needed.

I'm glad she is at least with her son, who she obviously loved so very much.

Posted at 11:22AM on Feb 11th 2007 by Mo

7. I thought the medical examiner said there were no signs of recent surgery? I wonder what else he is hiding if this report is true? This gets worse and worse every day. I really hope that that fat scumbag mother of hers (if you can even call her that) is kept the hell away from that poor baby. RIP Anna

Posted at 8:00PM on Feb 11th 2007 by Ashley

8. I was so sad of the News,I Really admired her,her confidenceand just being herself,I cant recallher ever making a bad comment about anyone.I will miss her she was a beautiful womanGod Bless Dannilynn,i hopethe prince is her Daddy.The Lawyerhas to go.
Anna you'll be missed by me and i'm sure others feel as i doYou wereone of a kindRIP

Posted at 12:05PM on Feb 11th 2007 by Sher Norton

9. I agree with sk8rgurl, anything could have happened, why not just wait for the autopsy? I'm tired of every reporter, "friend," "person in room" or "hospital employee" speculating on what happened to Anna. Let's just wait. And why report what may or may not have occurred anyway? It just leaves room for rumors that will circulate until so many people hear it becomes another false "fact."

Posted at 11:35AM on Feb 11th 2007 by tp

10. It's interesting to note that Stern's family never saw the baby that supposedly is their grandchild till Anna died. So is it that his family wasnt allowed near her either or they knew it wasnt their kin?

Posted at 11:45AM on Feb 11th 2007 by toni

11. LEAVE HOWARD K STERN ALONE!!!! Respect Anna Nicole in death, Lord knows no one gave her respect in her life. SHE choose to be with him. There are obviously reason she hated her own family. If that Mother of hers gets near that baby, I believe Anna Nicole would roll over in that morgue. Her Mother needs to show some respect because Anna HATED her. The whole thing is a disaster and I hope that people will leave her fiance HKS alone. Anna chose her life and now her family wants to choose her death. It's sickening!!!!

Posted at 11:57AM on Feb 11th 2007 by GB

12. It was reported that she had scars but none that were recent.

Posted at 12:10PM on Feb 11th 2007 by socalgurl

13. Sher,

I certainly hope you aren't talking about Zsa Zsa Gabors husband. He isn't a real prince, it's just some bought title. He's a crazy old man who likes attention.

Anna Nicole had a decent relationship with her Mom and family until Howard K Stern came into the picture. I've seen videos of Anna with her family when Daniel was young. Anna's mom took care of Daniel alot when he was young. Around the same time Anna started started slurring her words, she started badmouthing her family.

Coincidence?

HKS is the one who should be ashamed of himself.

Posted at 11:58AM on Feb 11th 2007 by Mo

14. TMZ enough.. Everything has been analyzed and talked about. Another story please

Posted at 11:59AM on Feb 11th 2007 by sue

15. What Anna really needed was someone like Marilyn had in Joe DiMaggio. He truly tried to shelter her from those who would harm her. Anna's "friend" Howard seemed like a lapdog- I recall her speaking to him in such a demeaning way , on her reality show. Maybe , he thinks after all that abuse, he is justly entitled to any thing he can wheedle out of her estate? There are many who could gain from her estate-Howard is just the obvious first choice. The attorneys are probably the only ones who will really prosper from this tragedy...

Posted at 12:04PM on Feb 11th 2007 by Ramona

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