Has anybody ever been listed as "VERY" stable by a hospital?

[Bluebear]

I've not heard that particular condition report, anymore than "somewhat critical", "extremely good" or "sort of guarded"...

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2/13 - The Kenedy County Sheriff’s department was notified by the Secret Service Saturday evening about the shooting accident involving Vice President Dick Cheney chief deputy Gilbert San Miguel said during a press conference today.

Cheney accidentally shot Austin attorney Harry Whittington with birdshot during a quail hunt at the Armstrong Ranch Saturday. Whittington’s condition was listed as “very stable” according to Peter Banko, hospital administrator at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

“This is a hunting accident,” San Miguel said. “There was no alcohol, no misconduct on anyone’s part,” he said. San Miguel declined to say if he was allowed to interview the Vice President Saturday. “That’s as far as I am going to go,” he said after being asked the question by reporters repeatedly.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA021306.cheney.en.2404b0a7.html

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. I don't think...

The description "very stable" is one that too many people would use to reference me. ;-)

[Bluebear]

2. Well, that goes without saying.

:hug:

[madrchsod]

3. no -

it`s the same as being very alive or very dead. it`s bullshit for the stupid to consume

[Wheezy]

4. 'stable' is one of those words that sound stupid when qualified.

It's either stable, or it's not. If it's stable, being very stable looks no different from just plain stable.
Like 'ironic'. Saying something is very ironic...it doesn't mean anything to add the word 'very'. Is it ironic, or isn't it?

I think that must be another spin term for the repubs who don't have much of a vocab. :D

[txindy]

5. Isn't that one step down from "Super Duper Stable?"

Or is that "Super Secret Stable?" Either makes as much sense as "Very Stable." As in: None.

The cabal makes things up out of whole cloth.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

15. "Super Duper Stable"...

...with a persistent but mild case of death. No further complications expected.

[txindy]

19. That would be as close to the truth as they seem able to maneuver.

Sad, but true.

[CornField]

25. Super-Dee-Duper!

By the Gods... just look at the flashback you've given me.

[carpetbagger]

6. It's common practice right before a bullet travels to the patient's heart.

I think it comes from old Loony Tunes episodes, or maybe it's an old vaudeville gag.

[Bluebear]

10. Wile E. Coyote brandishes ACME pellet gun

I get the scenario. :)

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. It's as common as the hospital staff wondering "what's all the fuss..."

... about the vice president SHOOTING A MAN IN THE FACE."

;)

[rucky]

31. "I'm not a spin doctor, but I play one on TV"

and this patient gets two enthusiastic "Thumbs Up!"

[Up2Late]

7. Maybe it's a rural Texas thing, but I CAN tell you one thing...

The man is a Liar! Any time you use that many absolutes when speaking, you are guaranteed to be Wrong!

[libnnc]

8. is that the same as "double plus good stable"

:shrug:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. Very stable = patient drives himself home from the hospital, LOL.

[TomInTib]

11. "very stable"? Try "fair". I would suppose "very stable" means

the patients condition is never gonna change.

"Stable" refers to the condition.
One can be stable in fair/good/poor/critical condition.

Just means the condition is not changing.

Never heard of "very stable"

But not surprised. Not with this bunch.

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. right. "very stable" = "ain't gonna change" = "dead" n/t

[threadkillaz]

14. Very rare - 0.033% of all stable conditions

Google Test

495 Results for "very stable condition"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22very+stable+condition%22&btnG=Google+Search

1,490,000 Results for "stable condition"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22stable+condition%22&btnG=Search


495/1,490,000 = 0.0003322 = 0.033%


Q.E.D.

[Bluebear]

17. I hated kids like you in school.

Just kidding. :toast:

[threadkillaz]

18. Thanks.

nt

[stevedeshazer]

22. LOL!

:)

[LisaL]

16. But he got shot by Cheney. Of course they will make up

a special term just for him. I suppose if he dies, they will say he is resting.

[John Q. Citizen]

20. Only heard very stable in regards to disc golf flying discs.

They are classified as under-stable, stable, and over-stable and describe their flight characteristics. I have heard discs described as very stable.

[XemaSab]

27. Disc golf and boats

Aircraft carrier: very stable.

The Salty Lady out of Sausalito: Notsomuch.

[savemefromdumbya]

21. maybe it's a Texan phrase?

[kath]

23. Perhaps an even more interesting issue here is that the deputy refused to

say if he was allowed to interview the Dickster on Saturday evening.

VEDDY interesting...

[JVS]

24. Could be a euphemism for dead. Few states are more stable than that.

but there's no evidence, so that's just speculation :shrug:

[Bluebear]

26. Now that is a true statement! nt

[SoCalDem]

29. "Whitty's on the roof"

They're breaking it to us gently, so that when it's "over", Snotty Scotty can say.. "Oh THAT?? That's OLD news"

[SoCalDem]

28. Kind of like "Slightly Pregnant"

or "Partially deceased"

[rucky]

30. Maybe in the Mental Hospital. n/t