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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-14-06 02:15 PM
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Question about bird-shot before I have to go to the bank....
Could the remaining shot get caught in an artery and cause a stroke of somekind?
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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-14-06 02:17 PM
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1. Go to the bank --- I don't know....
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-14-06 02:17 PM
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2. Certainly possible, since it is migrating inside the body. nm
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-14-06 02:23 PM
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3. Yes according to medical people. The shot can enter vessels and travel
throught he veins and arteries and cause medical problems. :(

post from Firedoglake blog:
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/firedoglake/113984118736473358/#259119
Speaking as a 20-year veteran of The-Big-ICU-In-Knife-And-Gun-Club-Territory, there is no way in hell that the victim is relatively uninjured.

Shotgun injuries are some of the worst cases I have taken care of, due to the spread-shot nature of the wounds. If the victim got "peppered" in the neck, there are waaaayyyy too many important structures in that small space (oh, like maybe one of the internal or external carotid arteries) for this to be a "no big deal" situation. If any of the pellets nicks a blood vessel, it may travel as far as it can go--I took care of a kid shot in the chest and some pellets eneded up in his ankle, blocking the bloodflow, leading to an amputation. In this situation, add to that the victim's age and potential underlying medical problems--this is huge.

These days, God Almighty doesn't get to stay in the ICU unless it is absolutely imperative that He do so.

This stinks worse than a gangrenous leg....
LittleBit | 02.13.06 - 8:04 am | #
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libnnc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-14-06 02:32 PM
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4. thanks for that
Holy crap this is serious stuff. I hope this fellow pulls through. How can the press ignore THIS and yet we had to listen to the "Monica's blue dress" shit for 2 fucking years!!

This man is fighting for his life because the VICE PRESIDENT SHOT HIM and the press doesn't care to know what actually happened??? :banghead:
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