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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:14 AM Original message |
Woman Goes Into Hospital To Give Birth, Comes Out Quadruple Amputee |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like the hospital knows they're bound to loose a few million! Oh, and FLORIDA! |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. what a fucking nightmare! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was hospitalized there when I was pregnant with BoyMidlo |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Infections are always a big concern when in the hospital |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Getting worse all the time. The bacteria are getting nastier... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. A cousin of mine lost both feet and several fingers to streptococcus A |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is her name Patty? |
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Jimbo S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wouldn't they need her permission to amputee? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I bet she was so close to death from sepsis, that her husband |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Even if that were the case |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I was just sort of musing about my own situation when my dad |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. This is what living wills and durable power of attorneys are for |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I don't know that many young healthy people would think to get |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, it is absolutely a terrible tragedy |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yup. We had one drafted and it did come in handy |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. That was my thought. Did they not have to obtain permission? |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. WTF |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. I will give you a 100% guarantee that she won't get all her records |
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bearfan454 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Florida has a cap on the amount of damages she can get also |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. What a nightmare |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. that's very sad, but I take these threads with a grain of salt because |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You think it might be a half-truth? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. of course it's a nightmare, but we don't know all the facts and won't know |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. The bit about other patients' privacy is the weirdest part, to me |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Is it possible they operated on the wrong person? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. That sounds like a possibility, certainly |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It's a simple lack of data - we have no idea what happened. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. okay...why her arms and legs? That is what has me wondering |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. This was in Jan 2006. Pretty scary stuff. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Florida. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. I am NOT defending the hospital, not at all, but I just wanted to say |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. WTF?!!! That's insane. Where the hell was her husband in all of this?? |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. that is atrotious |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. WTF!!!! |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. She gave the consent herself as she had no spouse at that time. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Man, I hate when that happens. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not the kind of article one wants to read the night |
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