Mother of shot teen turns to WebMD instead of a hospital

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/Police-Mom-of-teen-shot-by-friend-turns-to-Web-MD-instead-of-hospital-for-help-206610471.html

HOUSTON – A mother could face charges after she allegedly turned to WebMD.com, instead of seeking professional medical attention, when her 14-year-old son was shot by a friend playing with a gun, Santa Fe police said.

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Pete Jesse Rodriguez, 24, who is also a resident of the home, pointed a pistol directly at the teen, police said. Rodriguez is accused of tracking the teen’s movement with the pistol and eventually pulling the trigger. The victim was shot once in the upper left thigh with a high-caliber bullet, police said.

The teen lay on the floor for several minutes before getting up. Police said the teen and his mother initially looked up gunshots on WebMD.com. Then, seven hours later, the teen’s mother drove him to Mainland Center hospital, police said.

After initial treatment at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City, the victim was transported to Hermann Hospital in Houston where he remained Wednesday in stable condition.

So much stupidity in one story...

[FSogol]

1. Anyone remember the Doctor in "Job Hunters": "Does getting shot run in your family?"

[snooper2]

2. WebMD? stupid, everything is on YouTube

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Oh, that's awful.

Too absurd for words.

And the really sad thing is there are people out there that are dumb enough to try and take care of it themselves by watching a video on Youtube.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Actually that is first aid, not how to ultimately treat

It.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Basic first responder

Oy

[msanthrope]

3. Mom, 14 year old son, 24 year old other 'resident,' loaded gun, picture of house with pitbulls in

yard, trailer and outbuildings, and reluctance to call an ambulance to the property?

I might, if I were the local authorities, attempt to procure a search warrant to ferret out the meth lab that this situation just screams....

[MADem]

5. AND..."the incident was captured on the home’s in-house surveillance video system."

There's some icing on the cake, eh?

[Art_from_Ark]

17. Aw, heck, maybe they were just trying to get their home

featured in the next "Paranormal Activity"

[Aerows]

8. No kidding

This has "a bunch of people crazed on illegal substances" written all over it.

My word, talk about irrational.

[LiberalAndProud]

4. I'll lay odds that they don't have health insurance.

When you know you can't pay the doctor bill, you tend to avoid doctors. It's the American way.

[tblue]

7. Yup. They probably never go to the doctor

Not just in this instance. She was either too broke or too scared. Maybe the wound didn't look that bad to her. Poor kid. Hope he's alright soon.

[TheMightyFavog]

9. It's sad that people are refuced to this

I had a friend who cut herself quite deeply yesterday.when she was slicing some ham. According to what she told me, it sounded like it was deep enough to requirestitches at least. (She said she cut it to the bone) She's not going to go get it looked at because she cant afford copays.

[tblue]

11. Oh. That's so awful!

I had a SIL who didn't go to the doctor even though she was sick for a long time. Passed away way too young. She didn't want to burden her husband by having him hit up with massive bills. He eventually got the state's Charity Care to pay her hospital expenses. Oh, and he LOVES Rush L! Ugh!

[MadrasT]

10. Good chance you are right

My former husband fell ill and did not seek care because he had no insurance and was unemployed and worried about money

A week later he died in the ER from a condition that would have been prevented had he received proper treatment in time

Health care in this nation is a disgrace and it breaks my heart

[LiberalAndProud]

12. That must have been a living nightmare for you.

How terribly sad. And still, mandatory insurance won't fix our healthcare ills. Until we ignore the name-callers ( call me communist if you must) and enact universal, single-payer coverage, this is our lot. Co-pays and deductibles are exorbitant even if you can afford premiums.

[uponit7771]

16. Amen, the report on the hospital chargers are infuriating

[uponit7771]

15. +1