In hospice care. Very close to the end.
To All - thanks, I got it. So how does this thing work? Is it pure O2 or what? Is it better than bottled O2?
Um... why didn’t they call 9-1-1 instead of the electric company?
Some family member should have been monitoring things to
help the lady. Apparently no one keeping track.
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Two days before Daniels’ death, Washington says a family member made an
electronic payment of $500 to the company, bringing the balance to $1,400.
Daniels’ family made payments to the utility company totaling $950 for the
months of April, May and June, payment records provided to The Post shows.
https://nypost.com/2018/07/09/woman-on-oxygen-machine-dies-after-power-company-cuts-off-electricity/
I tend to disagree with the “ghetto lottery” accusation. My mom had to use oxygen for COPD, and during bad spells, even that was not enough, triggering a rush to ER. Watching someone you care about drowning on dry land is more awful than you can imagine. Only monsters from hell would willingly let that happen to their mother or grandmother. I feel terrible for this family. They lack functioning brains, but probably do have hearts, and are crushed by this disaster of their own making.
My guess is that the family are extremely intellectually challenged. There are just too many possible ways to have dealt with this. A fairly large home use oxygen concentrator draws about 3 amps at 120v. The hospice operators through their equipment suppliers normally give you very long (like 50 to 100 feet) plastic tubes for the oxygen so the patient can move (or be moved) around in the home. If the home was near anyone with electricity they could have run an extension cord. If they didn’t have one, they could put the concentrator in the neighbor’s house and run the tubes from next door. Anyone with any sense would keep at least 24 hours of backup oxygen in cylinders. Many posters have listed other solutions.
Most of us find it impossible to believe that some people lack the skills to solve simple problems, other than demanding someone else handhold them. News alert: Some people are that stupid. They are not evil; they are dependent, very insecure because the world is hard on idiots. The politics of freedom, small government, etc., is threatening to them. An entire political party feeds off this group.
You are 100% correct.
And what kind of children allow their parent/grandparent to die.
There is so much wrong with this story that it cannot be telling the ENTIRE story.
She was trying to catch her breath — she was gasping for air,” Daniels’ granddaughter, Mia, 28, told the news site Sunday. “She suffered and she passed right in front of us. She was gasping until the time she died.”
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Well, Mia, why didn’t you and the rest of her family care enough about her to pay the bill? Exactly what were you buying with her Social Security money?
Something's not right.
I’m probably called racist more than anyone else on this forum and other virtue signaling dog whistle nomenclature designed to shit me up
But I find this story to be plausible
Some folks simply don’t have a pot to piss in
And not enough sense to fix problems
I doubt they let her die on purpose
Some power companies will damn sure turn off your power for squat
It’s computerized
I own car washes
Last week we inadvertently were late on a 1200 dollar bill and no mind they have a 4000 dollar cash deposit for that locale
Four days past due and no warning they cut off the water
Cost me hundreds and it’s hard on pumps and osmosis machines etc
Monopolies are like govt
She was gasping for 6.5 hours after the electricity was turned off and they didn’t think to take her to the emergency room?
Something doesn’t add-up.
Well,some “personal injury” lawyer just won the lottery.
cutting off the power to such medical needs cases is strictly illegal in some states at least
i bet there will be some sort of criminal charges announced soon in this case
Yes, the family is also responsible, they could have paid the bill to keep the power on.
No oxygen for several hours.
Died surrounded by her family.
Question Number One....
Did Grandma have a large life insurance policy?
Way too exhausted today to read full article, so I know my comments are risky.
But, WHAT?
Was this woman so incapacitated they could not a) take her to THEIR home b) take her to hospital c) call ambulance?
Why were they haranguing with the utilities? Why not give that up and just take care of her immediate needs? Deal with the utilitiy later!
This doesn’t sound right. If true what a stupid family she had.
I wonder if they OD’d her on albuterol, thinking it was a substitute for O2?
My mom is in hospice and like this lady is on oxygen. Hospice supplies an oxygen concentrator as well as backup oxygen tank(s). If this family had any issues they can call hospice 24/7 for any issue. They will respond immediately.
Her family was pleading to turn on the electricity....why didn’t they just pay the bill or invite the poor woman in the heat of summer to stay with them since she had no power? Sorry but I think the family wanted her gone.