This girl was fed by a feeding tube for the first 7.5 years of her life because of a misdiagnosis. How did this happen? Surely they should have gotten an independent 2nd diagnosis long ago.

How sweet it is/Girl eats real food for first time in 7 1/2 years after doctors at Stanford solve mystery

Dave Murphy, Chronicle Staff Writer

From the time Tilly Merrell was a year old, doctors told her family she
would never have a normal life — or even a normal meal.

British doctors found that the food she swallowed went into her lungs
instead of her stomach, causing devastating lung infections. They said she
had isolated bulbar palsy, and their solution was to feed her through a
stomach tube. Forever.