[Texas Songwriter]

Overdose of Aspirin (salicylate poisoning) is common....mostly in young children who like the taste of Baby Bayor Orange Flavored aspirin. The thing which strikes me is the quickness of his death. There are several stages of salicylate toxicity. It begins with tinnitiis, vomiting, thirst, and diaphoresis. As the levels build up in the bloodstream the patient begins to breath very fast (tachypnea) leading to a respiratory alkalosis which is the result of the drugs' stimulation of the central nervous system. The third phase, which is the time during which one, untreated, dies, is characterized by a metabolic alkalosis. During the phase of metabolic acidosis one may fall prey to a hypokalemic (low potassium) level and then to a cardic dysrhythmia incompatible with life.

I say all of this to say, once a person is in a profound metabolic acidosis, they usually are not explaining what transpired during their day.

He would have had to take in excess of 20 grams of salicylate.

My question is....."With this man talking to the police, even if obtunded, it seems very, very reasonable to believe he could have been take to the nearest medical facility for treatment, which is fairly standard ER/Internal Medicine fare. How could he have been conscious, speaking, and lucid and once he told them he OD'd of aspirin and then not rushed to the ER. Something is fishy.

[Born Conservative]

Exactly. If he was talking, he certainly wasn’t in the later stages of toxicity. If so, one would think he could get treatment in hopes of preventing his death. More details needed.

[penelopesire]

Watch the presser. The mayor claims at the beginning that they believe the ‘aspirin or whatever drug was taken’ was taken between 9:00-10:00 pm. At 2:58 a.m. police are called Saturday to interview Kelly and his girlfriend, who identified herself as Clarissa Flores of Chicago. She told police she was Kelly’s girlfriend and had driven Kelly to the hospital. He was later transported to Stroger Hospital at 4:15 a.m. and pronounced dead at 10:46 a.m. Saturday.”

The vomit was found in the parking lot,in the car and on him. Usually after the vomiting part of an aspirin overdose, the person begins having trouble breathing and rapidly goes downhill without treatment..yet Kelly was sitting up on the gurney talking. Acute aspirin overdose has a mortality rate of only 2%(according to Wiki..which ain’t much).

Presser Here:

Scroll down for video of presser. It’s a strange one. The mayor claims there was no security cameras at a storage place and lumber yard? That is ridiculous on the surface!

[ohiogrammy]

Wow, it sounds very fishy! My doctor always says to be more leery of Tylenol than aspirin.