summerpoem
Junior Member
Dogmatique, I found your post interesting. You said we only have OP's report of what happened. Of course. Whose else would we have about THIS particular situation? Furthermore, isn't that the case with every situation that is posed here? There is no way to glean the full situation from the questioner's singular point of view. You will always get one side only. Sort of a "given," isn't it? Yet, people still jump in and give their opinions based on the information presented.
(By the way, I wonder where was your "get the facts first" admonition to all the other posters who were in lock-step agreement that she had NO case at all? Aren't their statements just as much a "disservice" to the OP as you believe MY opinion is?)
Anyway, if you go back and recheck, you will see that I was the first one who told her to find an attorney and get her medical records. (A statement I repeated in every post.) The rest of my postings are my conjecture, true. And yes, perhaps I should have inserted a disclaimer. But you know what? I can't apologize for giving my opinion. I DO hope she gets a handsome settlement because I believe she was deeply wronged.
You think I'M jumping to conclusions, and I tend to think that maybe YOUR bias is showing. You read the OP's post and (like some others here,) may decide the OP's "style" is sort of hinky, or a little strange. The next thought then is perhaps automaticaly discounting the veracity of her story. I could just see people rolling their eyes after reading it.
How do I know? I work with this population day in and day out. I see and hear how other people react to them. It breaks my heart. Due to their illness, these patients have a hard time expressing their feelings in a way "normal" people would deem acceptable. That doesn't make them wrong. Doesn't make them less intelligent. Just means they are really struggling.
Most likely we will never know the truth about this situation. So might your caution to "wait" on giving advice be a bit unrealistic? All we can give is our educated opinions. And I will go on record as saying I believe every word she said. I have worked in hospitals for many years and I know how staff can be, especially to those they don't want to understand. So yes, I believe she was ignored and ridiculed in the ER. I believe she wrapped the phone cord around her neck. I also believe she nearly died.
Based on that, do I think she had tangible damages? Absolutely. Would I know the extent of them? No. But the pain and suffering alone of undergoing a code and intubation in the ER, then landing in the ICU, seems like serious tangible damages to me. Emotional and physical pain is REAL.
I wouldn't want to go through it! Bet you wouldn't either. What would you or I do if a similar situation happened to us or to our dearest loved ones?
It's not too far-fetched. As I said, we are all a head injury away from this possible scenario. Don't dismiss it as ludicrous. It happens to normal healthy people every day.
(By the way, I won't be on the board for the next few days. Very hectic work and family schedule ahead. I know, I know, stop cheering. Lol...)
(By the way, I wonder where was your "get the facts first" admonition to all the other posters who were in lock-step agreement that she had NO case at all? Aren't their statements just as much a "disservice" to the OP as you believe MY opinion is?)
Anyway, if you go back and recheck, you will see that I was the first one who told her to find an attorney and get her medical records. (A statement I repeated in every post.) The rest of my postings are my conjecture, true. And yes, perhaps I should have inserted a disclaimer. But you know what? I can't apologize for giving my opinion. I DO hope she gets a handsome settlement because I believe she was deeply wronged.
You think I'M jumping to conclusions, and I tend to think that maybe YOUR bias is showing. You read the OP's post and (like some others here,) may decide the OP's "style" is sort of hinky, or a little strange. The next thought then is perhaps automaticaly discounting the veracity of her story. I could just see people rolling their eyes after reading it.
How do I know? I work with this population day in and day out. I see and hear how other people react to them. It breaks my heart. Due to their illness, these patients have a hard time expressing their feelings in a way "normal" people would deem acceptable. That doesn't make them wrong. Doesn't make them less intelligent. Just means they are really struggling.
Most likely we will never know the truth about this situation. So might your caution to "wait" on giving advice be a bit unrealistic? All we can give is our educated opinions. And I will go on record as saying I believe every word she said. I have worked in hospitals for many years and I know how staff can be, especially to those they don't want to understand. So yes, I believe she was ignored and ridiculed in the ER. I believe she wrapped the phone cord around her neck. I also believe she nearly died.
Based on that, do I think she had tangible damages? Absolutely. Would I know the extent of them? No. But the pain and suffering alone of undergoing a code and intubation in the ER, then landing in the ICU, seems like serious tangible damages to me. Emotional and physical pain is REAL.
I wouldn't want to go through it! Bet you wouldn't either. What would you or I do if a similar situation happened to us or to our dearest loved ones?
It's not too far-fetched. As I said, we are all a head injury away from this possible scenario. Don't dismiss it as ludicrous. It happens to normal healthy people every day.
(By the way, I won't be on the board for the next few days. Very hectic work and family schedule ahead. I know, I know, stop cheering. Lol...)