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Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth {Not a Joke}
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| January 20, 2006
Posted on 01/21/2006 4:15:11 PM PST by Popman
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To: skinkinthegrass
If she got the infection in the hospital due to negligence on the part of the hospital, then that changes everything.
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:18:56 AM PST
by
Delta Dawn
(The whole truth.)
To: GummyIII
Thank you for the clarification on that point.
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:21:19 AM PST
by
skr
("That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."--Andrew Jackson)
To: Hildy
It might behoove the lawyer to find out who got fired from the hospital in the month after all of this happened. My guess is that someone did not follow procedures properly which resulted in the infection. Once the hospital determined how she got infected, they in most likelyhood fired the responsible party and had them sign a non-disclosure form on the way out the door.
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:44:45 AM PST
by
Delta Dawn
(The whole truth.)
To: Popman
When I was 9 years old I went in for some surgery to remove some bone tumors and my right lung collapsed and I was in the ICU for 5 days. The doctors told me it was from rapid blood loss because I lost 1.5 times my blood volume. But I emailed a doctor and she told me blood loss will never cause a lung to collapse, and a simple lung collapsing should never cause you to be in critical care for 5 days, so doctors doing a little CYA is nothing new.
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posted on
01/22/2006 9:49:19 AM PST
by
LukeL
To: Delta Dawn
I don't know how these things work, but it always seems to me the best thing is to be honest to the victim. For example: My friend was eating at a big chain restaurant (I don't want to mention the name, but you've heard of it). A large piece of art (Appx 75 lbs) fell on her head. It was hanging in the booth next to her, it just spontaneously fell off the wall and onto her head. There was a restaurant full of witnesses. She had to be rushed to the hospital. Before she was taken away, the Manager told her not to worry, they would take care of all her medical bills. He gave her husband a card to call the Corporate Headquarters. After a week or so when the dust settled, they called the number and the guy, resonsible for this, very arrogantly told my friend that they had no intention of paying all her medical bills! Can you imagine? She had a concussion and neck damage.
Here's the point...when she made that call ALL she was asksing for was payment of medical bills, but the guy was so mean to her, she immediately called a lawyer, laywer says.."I will handle this from now on" and now they're asking for pain and damages. How you're treated in the beginning of an accident dictates what the victim will do. I know the pain my friend is in...she will be a multi-millionaire when this is through...and it could have all been avoided if the Corporation had just taken responsibility and DONE THE RIGHT THING.
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posted on
01/22/2006 10:05:45 AM PST
by
Hildy
(The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth)
To: Popman
"The hospital, in a letter, wrote that if she wanted to find out exactly what happened, she would have to sue them."WTF???????????
To: Smokin' Joe
Unless they died.Good point...ahem. Hopefully there are family members who are around and can validate/verify instead if that is the case. There must not be too many others (one or two at the most) because I think the media would have heard from others if more than that.
To: oceanview
you wonder why hospitals don't take the initiative to improve - how hard can it be to use purell. According to my wife the biggest offenders are the doctors. They don't use anything. They even go into isolation rooms with their paperwork and cases and then take them into other rooms.
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posted on
01/22/2006 10:22:46 AM PST
by
raybbr
(ANWR is a barren, frozen wasteland - like the mind of a democrat!)
To: operation clinton cleanup
She was in critical condition. I'll be she can not recall any conversation.
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posted on
01/22/2006 10:47:28 AM PST
by
freema
(Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
To: Trust but Verify
That's WAY different than the original article. She doesn't want to know 'why?', she wants to know, "Are there others like me?"
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Yep, she wants names for testimony purposes. Sounds like a fishing trip. Since the hospital cannot on the basis of privacy issues, she and her lawyer are probably hoping the publicity will have former patients come forward.
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posted on
01/22/2006 10:47:39 AM PST
by
kenth
To: corkoman
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posted on
01/22/2006 10:56:54 AM PST
by
freema
(Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
To: Dog Gone; Popman
"I went to have a baby and woke up with no limbs" story.Is this her picture?
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posted on
01/22/2006 11:01:26 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: A knight without armor
I think they do. I recall reading in another article that her husband is American. Check me if I'm wrong.
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posted on
01/22/2006 11:18:38 AM PST
by
ArmyTeach
(Pray daily for our troops.)
To: Liberty Valance
-In florida? LOL! doesn't stop 'em from looking at Rush Limbaugh's records. hmmmmmm.-
Good point!
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posted on
01/22/2006 11:19:31 AM PST
by
1ofmanyfree
("Funny thing about time, it heals all wounds ...and it wounds all heels.")
To: LukeL
"I lost 1.5 times my blood volume. "
So you lost all your blood and then half again as much? Yeah, right.
To: Kirkwood
They replace lost volume as a person is losing it...some folks in critical situations lose more than that. You don't think they'd let her lose even half without starting replacement, right? Use yer noggin...
To: Kirkwood
To: Kirkwood
Yes, agree. MRSA in the community is becoming almost as prevalent as in hospital MRSA.
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posted on
01/22/2006 11:46:44 AM PST
by
bubbleb
To: Arizona Carolyn
This is not MRSA.. staph.....
This is strep it is not the same at all.
MRSA is nearly an epidemic in hospitals.
This strain of strep is not. IN 20 years in the hospital, I never once heard of a hospital acquired case.
She very likely brought it with her to the hospital.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:00:41 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Democrats value the privacy of terrorists higher than the lives of Americans.)
To: Jenny Hatch
Not a staph infection.
All this was caused by strep...
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:01:33 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Democrats value the privacy of terrorists higher than the lives of Americans.)
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