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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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SenorChang
Australia4730 Posts
 So sadI keep telling myself I won't read your blogs because so many of them make me sad | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
love your blogs snet | ||
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Shock710
Australia6097 Posts
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Firereaver
India1701 Posts
huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. User was banned for this post. | ||
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Shock710
Australia6097 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr olf withviral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketssial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. something doesnt need to be really horrible or really bad to be sad, but for this family losing a family member, while she is alive is sad, u cant compare to best or worst to everything else. I would be very sad if this happened to my family | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr olf withviral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketssial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. Sad stories occur in any country my friend. Within the last week, a two year old with viral meningitis (had to watch the doctor do a lumbar puncture on the poor baby.) Fatal car accident involving a young teenager. 27yo male with a heart attack. India, USA, Canada, Iraq, whatever... shit happens in every country. | ||
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. So because other sad stuff happens in other countries their sadness is invalid? Wut | ||
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Audemed
United States893 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:05 Slaughter wrote: So because other sad stuff happens in other countries their sadness is invalid? Wut He's just a 1-upper. Ignore him -.- | ||
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cmen15
United States1519 Posts
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Firereaver
India1701 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:04 Snet wrote: Sad stories occur in any country my friend. Within the last week, a two year old with viral meningitis (had to watch the doctor do a lumbar puncture on the poor baby.) Fatal car accident involving a young teenager. 27yo male with a heart attack. India, USA, Canada, Iraq, whatever... shit happens in every country. Hmmm... well thats wat they all say till they actually come and see for themselves... Had a bunch of Harvard Final year med students 3 mongths ago who I had to take on rounds along with me... By the end of just 1 day they all came to me and asked me how me or any of my colleagues maintained our sanity. Total abject despair is not an equitably distributed commodity, im sorry to say. Just yesterday a bunch of Kings College, London, students whom i took for rounds have decided to cancel their planned 6 month vacation so that they can stick around and comprehend the extent of work and burden of health care there is over here. So while i wont dispute the fact that sad stories occur everywhere... I do want to re-iterate they occur a lot more in the developing countries and third world than in the first world. + Show Spoiler + Sorry if i came across as condescending in my initial post. Have had a looong day...  | ||
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Graviton
Australia146 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:14 Firereaver wrote: Hmmm... well thats wat they all say till they actually come and see for themselves... Had a bunch of Harvard Final year med students 3 mongths ago who I had to take on rounds along with me... By the end of just 1 day they all came to me and asked me how me or any of my colleagues maintained our sanity. Total abject despair is not an equitably distributed commodity, im sorry to say. Just yesterday a bunch of Kings College, London, students whom i took for rounds have decided to cancel their planned 6 month vacation so that they can stick around and comprehend the extent of work and burden of health care there is over here. So while i wont dispute the fact that sad stories occur everywhere... I do want to re-iterate they occur a lot more in the developing countries and third world than in the first world. + Show Spoiler + Sorry if i came across as condescending in my initial post. Have had a looong day... I don't even know where to begin with this post. You seem to have the bizarre misconception that location has a distinct bearing on individual human suffering? wat. | ||
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Pure-SC2
United Kingdom1440 Posts
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Azera
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DKR
United Kingdom622 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. Its not a competition | ||
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Deleuze
United Kingdom2102 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:14 Firereaver wrote: Hmmm... well thats wat they all say till they actually come and see for themselves... Had a bunch of Harvard Final year med students 3 mongths ago who I had to take on rounds along with me... By the end of just 1 day they all came to me and asked me how me or any of my colleagues maintained our sanity. Total abject despair is not an equitably distributed commodity, im sorry to say. Just yesterday a bunch of Kings College, London, students whom i took for rounds have decided to cancel their planned 6 month vacation so that they can stick around and comprehend the extent of work and burden of health care there is over here. So while i wont dispute the fact that sad stories occur everywhere... I do want to re-iterate they occur a lot more in the developing countries and third world than in the first world. + Show Spoiler + Sorry if i came across as condescending in my initial post. Have had a looong day... Sounds like you're both fighting the good fight in that case. | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. Why do people like you have to make this a competition -_- Anyway I would've been in tears seeing as how I was raised by my grandparents | ||
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
This compared to the relative unhygenic conditions those people often live in results in a lot of complicated cases that shouldn´t have to occur speaking from a Western perspective. That´s what differs from your Indian experiences and our Western. You have to deal with it on a daily basis and there is no question that so much sad and tragic stories everyday has to do something with you. However that does not mean we can´t look upon the story of the family of this old woman as a sad one. Deciding you have to let a familymember die because you can´t afford her medical treatment has to be sad in my opinion. No matter what the circumstanses or conditions are. Both of you try to do whatever possibilities you have to provide the best care for those entrusted to you and I sincerely wan´t to thank you (and everybody else in your line of work) for that. | ||
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pestilenz
Denmark379 Posts
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micronesia
United States24698 Posts
When my job is driving me crazy I'll think of stories like this. | ||
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Hoodlum
United States350 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:14 Firereaver wrote: Hmmm... well thats wat they all say till they actually come and see for themselves... Had a bunch of Harvard Final year med students 3 mongths ago who I had to take on rounds along with me... By the end of just 1 day they all came to me and asked me how me or any of my colleagues maintained our sanity. Total abject despair is not an equitably distributed commodity, im sorry to say. Just yesterday a bunch of Kings College, London, students whom i took for rounds have decided to cancel their planned 6 month vacation so that they can stick around and comprehend the extent of work and burden of health care there is over here. So while i wont dispute the fact that sad stories occur everywhere... I do want to re-iterate they occur a lot more in the developing countries and third world than in the first world. + Show Spoiler + Sorry if i came across as condescending in my initial post. Have had a looong day... Nobody argued that your situation was the same, people are arguing because you said this situation wasn't sad. What you must see is devastating but saying something can't be sad because something much more horrible is happening in another country is incorrect. Thank you for what you do, and I'm glad you are capable of maintaining your sanity but a family watching their grandmother die in front of them is still a sad situation. | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
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MavivaM
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And sometimes you are there just as a taxi driver because there's an idiot that wants to be carried downtown but he has not a car and dislikes the bus. Console yourself by thinking that she was already old and that her family was somehow "prepared" for an eventual passing and that you did all you could: there are people who don't even bother with an EKG when they see that 'everything is fine'. edit: @Firereaver Shit happens everyday and everywhere but it's still shit. I could write a compilation of all the sad things I've seen in just 5 years of work but personally I believe that suffering is still suffering despite the circumstances of every case. It's never a competition. | ||
Smix
United States4549 Posts
your blogs are amazing as always <3 | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
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popzags
Poland604 Posts
Forget progamers. Forget chess grandmasters. Medics are those who have to have strongest nerves. | ||
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BlindKill
Australia1508 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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Hyde
Australia14568 Posts
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Bluelightz
Indonesia2463 Posts
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brachester
Australia1786 Posts
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Azera
3800 Posts
On May 08 2012 19:39 Smix wrote: <333 your blogs are amazing as always <3 How is it that you're so cheery, lighthearted and carefree when this blog is about death and suffering? Seriously? I understand TL veterans or mods usually post replies of such nature because they're veterans and can do whatever they want, but seriously man. Not in blogs like this. At least show that you give a damn about the people in the blog. | ||
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sharky246
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On May 08 2012 21:51 Azera wrote: How is it that you're so cheery, lighthearted and carefree when this blog is about death and suffering? Seriously? I understand TL veterans or mods usually post replies of such nature because they're veterans and can do whatever they want, but seriously man. Not in blogs like this. At least show that you give a damn about the people in the blog. Overreaction much? | ||
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. ??? I'm from a shitty place as well, my city has one of the highest criminal rates in the world. Everytime I walk alone in the night I'm 100% alert because I'm scared of not getting home alive, some weeks ago the POLICE purposedly made routes in which no crime would occur so the crime rates would go higher and they could make their point of: "We aren't paid enough", a lot of people died because of that. But hey, last time I heard people are really happy around this parts. Stop using this kind of brute force argument, and what the fuck about the truth? O,o | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
On May 08 2012 21:12 Hyde wrote: I knew it was going to be something sad, but I read it anyway because it's Snet's blog. Exactly. I know exactly what I'm getting into but I read it anyway >_< I also feel like these kind of blogs (real life experiences) help us with a reality check in the midst of all the e-drama we drench ourselves with. Thanks (as always) for the story, Snet! | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
. Idk if i could make it as an EMT. | ||
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Firesilver
United Kingdom1190 Posts
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. its not a competition, bro. Being from one country doesn't make you love somebody more or less than in a different country | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
On May 08 2012 20:31 popzags wrote: Poor lady. Forget progamers. Forget chess grandmasters. Medics are those who have to have strongest nerves. I could never be a medic. I have a military friend that is a medic. He had told me too many horrible stories of babies burnt up and you can still smell the roasted flesh from IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hats off to the medics, they dont get paid enough IMO. | ||
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Chef
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taldarimAltar
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17727 Posts
On May 08 2012 21:51 Azera wrote: How is it that you're so cheery, lighthearted and carefree when this blog is about death and suffering? Seriously? I understand TL veterans or mods usually post replies of such nature because they're veterans and can do whatever they want, but seriously man. Not in blogs like this. At least show that you give a damn about the people in the blog. I think its more that his blogs open up what goes on behind the scenes that's usually hidden from our everyday lives. Its tragic what other people go through but its also really respectable and admirable what snet does. I don't think showing admiration for snet is really dehumanizing the people he talks about in the blogs. The fact that what he does seems admirable shows that we empathize with the people he mentions in his blog. Can't really feel bad and sorry about everyone who suffers in the world or you won't be able to maintain your own life. Just got to acknowledge and be aware that everywhere around you, even where you can't see, that people are suffering. I think its really admirable what snet does, I wouldn't be able to do it. | ||
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unit
United States2621 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:04 Snet wrote: Within the last week Fatal car accident involving a young teenager. 27yo male with a heart attack. wait, where do you live? cuz my older brother just last weekend lost one of his best friends (around that age) to a heart attack in his sleep then the next day driving home after being consoled by the family he witnessed a teenage girl have a horrific accident and called it in knowing that she was already dead on impact | ||
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ePLocust
United States587 Posts
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zJayy962
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5/5 | ||
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Billd
Canada210 Posts
My best friend is a paramedic. Just wanted to tip my cap to you, your co-workers and all emergency workers around the world. You guys don't get the recognition you deserve. <3 | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. Oh hey Mr. tough guy over here has gotta shit on others people's feelings because hes seen worst. Desensitization like this will be the end of us. | ||
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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NoctemSC
United States771 Posts
On May 08 2012 16:52 Firereaver wrote: Thats sad? huh???? Heart block while serious and requiring pacing isnt sad... Not like the 21 yr old with viral meningitis who dies 2 days after her wedding Or the 28 yr old who goes into ricketsial sepsis and has permanent renal and hepatic failiure along with a left sided stroke to boot! Or.... one of the umpteen things you see on a daily basis over here... Come to India(or any 3rd world country) if you wanna see where the truth really lies. User was banned for this post. It's not a competition on who has the saddest life, friend. Death happens everywhere, to every kind of person. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On May 09 2012 03:28 Otolia wrote: So the family decided to let her die. It's not sad, it's borderline criminal. Weren't they unable to pay or were they just cheap ? That's why I asked before about if the patient was the one who made the decision or if it was the family. If I was 99 years old, at best had maybe 2 more years, I don't know that I'd be keen on spending all that money and dealing with all the problems of heart surgery. I'm guessing at that age, the survival rate of heart surgery isn't great either. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
What causes something like that to happen to ones heart? Or was it just natural causes. | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On May 08 2012 17:57 Graviton wrote: I don't even know where to begin with this post. You seem to have the bizarre misconception that location has a distinct bearing on individual human suffering? wat. uhh it does actually. not that he isn't being a complete dick bag but your bizarre misconception that there is the same amount of suffering in all places..wat? | ||
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Mackin
Ireland181 Posts
For some reason every time I hear a story like this, it gets me to this song: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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WonDeRSC
United States234 Posts
So sad, I would shed some tears as well.But as another poster has pointed out, isn't it up to the patient to decide the course of treatment? | ||
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Smix
United States4549 Posts
On May 08 2012 21:51 Azera wrote: How is it that you're so cheery, lighthearted and carefree when this blog is about death and suffering? Seriously? I understand TL veterans or mods usually post replies of such nature because they're veterans and can do whatever they want, but seriously man. Not in blogs like this. At least show that you give a damn about the people in the blog. you're completely misinterpreting my post | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
I wonder if medis/EMS people like yourself ever get post-traumatic-stress-disorder from doing such an emotionally charged job. | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
Medic's and Doctors definitely have a heart wrenching job. | ||
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
On May 09 2012 07:45 DreamChaser wrote: Did the family know what was wrong the the grandmother beforehand? If she was in seemingly perfect health why did they call the EMT if they knew this? Medic's and Doctors definitely have a heart wrenching job. The family said the grandmother was acting "abnormally". I'm guessing they called the ambulance as a precaution; it turns out they were right to. | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25552 Posts
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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K3Nyy
United States1961 Posts
It must be hard doing your job knowing stuff like this always happens.. | ||
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imanoobcs
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StarStruck
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Celestia
Mexico376 Posts
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Whatson
United States5356 Posts
Good blog, thank you for working in the medical field. | ||
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Snuggles
United States1865 Posts
I just don't know how snet or any other EMS can deal with their job when things like this happen, but I imagine that saving people makes up for everything. | ||
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CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
On May 10 2012 03:31 imanoobcs wrote: Oh my, I hope the grandmother did not know the family basically put her to death. So sad. wait what... i assume she was very much a part of the decision huh???? otherwise this would be a crime.... | ||
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B.I.G.
3251 Posts
Apart from that, I tip my hat to you sir, your a braver man than I am.. | ||
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sc2superfan101
3583 Posts
gl to you. so sad for that grandma. | ||
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