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(Fox News)   Protip: If you need surgery to remove a kidney stone, pay a little extra for the "Surgeon Who Won't Amputate Your Hands and Feet" option   (foxnews.com) divider line
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chrisco123
2008-11-24 3:54:07 PM  
Medicine costing "an arm and a leg" joke fits in here somewhere.
 
absoluteparanoia
2008-11-24 4:03:22 PM  
Well... the surgeon didn't "accidentally" do this.

They did it so she wouldn't die. There's an argument to be made that they accidentally infected her--but that's another issue altogether.
 
lajimi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-11-24 4:03:49 PM  
All that and she can't even sue. She doesn't have a leg to stand on.

/Window seat
 
volfan
2008-11-24 4:10:49 PM  
She'll lose that lawsuit handily.
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:26:54 PM  
"I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this," said the woman whom God allowed to get kidney stones in the first place. "My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and legs before Christmas so I can spend it with my family and friends. The first thing I will do is hug my kids as tight as possible."
 
UberDave [OhFark]
2008-11-24 4:27:33 PM  

volfan: She'll lose that lawsuit handily.



I think she'll win and soon be spending money hand over fist...
 
jabbedxorz
2008-11-24 4:32:17 PM  
I think she needs to stand up and give herself a big round of applause for this.
 
wildbill0712
2008-11-24 4:32:38 PM  
Give me a moment while I stand up and clap for her bravery...
 
USCLaw2010
2008-11-24 4:32:53 PM  

volfan: She'll lose that lawsuit handily.


Not necessarily, I don't think he'll be able to satisfy the standing requirement.
 
beoswulf
2008-11-24 4:32:57 PM  
Her lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, told the Daily News that Mullings is "a role model for those who suffer a tragedy."

A Black Jew lawyer is sure to give good coverage of NYC jury demographics
 
hugram [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:33:20 PM  
Her Lawyers are going to ask the doctor to hand over lots of $$$
 
ultraholland
2008-11-24 4:33:25 PM  
Who will foot the bill for this procedure?
 
FeFiFoFark
2008-11-24 4:34:21 PM  
paging Dr. Nick Riviera...
 
MadAzza
2008-11-24 4:34:31 PM  
"I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this," said Mullings. "My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and legs before Christmas so I can spend it with my family and friends."

Don't be too anxious to check your stockings on Christmas morning, kids.
 
drew is pedal
2008-11-24 4:34:59 PM  
I guess that god fellow she is thanking must be really nice for letting her live but he really needed her hands and feet...
 
imbrial
2008-11-24 4:35:02 PM  
Another example of why socialized medicine sucks and will never work

..wait, what?
 
Suflig
2008-11-24 4:35:36 PM  
I can't imagine there's any way any amount of money can make up for it. Holy shiat. I can not imagine
 
drew is pedal
2008-11-24 4:36:16 PM  

MadAzza: "I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this," said Mullings. "My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and legs before Christmas so I can spend it with my family and friends."

Don't be too anxious to check your stockings on Christmas morning, kids.


Why does god hate amputees? I bet they pray just as hard as everyone else but he never grows back an arm or a leg?
 
ultraholland
2008-11-24 4:36:26 PM  
drew is pedal: I guess that god fellow she is thanking must be really nice for letting her live but he really needed her hands and feet...

They had a hand and foot shortage in heaven so god harvested hers.
 
pxlboy [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:36:26 PM  

Suflig: I can't imagine there's any way any amount of money can make up for it. Holy shiat. I can not imagine


this.
 
Wight Power
2008-11-24 4:37:10 PM  
"My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and legs before Christmas..."

wut

I assume they're talking about prosthetics but that was just worded... oddly. Like she was going to take back her amputated limbs or something (which would be badass, in a way).
 
Pimpb0t3000
2008-11-24 4:37:40 PM  
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Well if it isn't Mr.McGreg...

/link it like it's hot
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:37:45 PM  
If I were in her shoes, I would kick the doctor's ass.
I'd slap his face.
I'd
uh,
wait.
 
boobsrgood
2008-11-24 4:38:09 PM  
Thank God it wasn't socialized.
 
mike94z28
2008-11-24 4:38:40 PM  

drew is pedal: I guess that god fellow she is thanking must be really nice for letting her live but he really needed her hands and feet...


haha... I came here to say this. If I woke up with my hands and feet missing, I'm pretty sure "thanks" is not the word I would be using.
 
shijjiri
2008-11-24 4:38:50 PM  
FTFA: "I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this"

[image from img89.imageshack.us too old to be available]
 
IWood
2008-11-24 4:39:10 PM  
It wasn't lupus?
 
40oz_A_Knight
2008-11-24 4:39:16 PM  
If I were a quadruple amputee I wouldn't want to wake up. You know there's going to be an itch you can't scratch somewhere different every day for the rest of your life.
 
HilPoof
2008-11-24 4:39:55 PM  
My ex's best friend's brother got to wake up in the hospital with a surprise amputation. He was pretty depressed for a long time, but he's adapting to it.

Protip: If you're sitting on the back of a pickup truck and it starts rolling forward, for God's sake do anything you can to not fall on your head. This guy went into several comas, lost his leg to bedsores, and nearly died.
 
Miniac78
2008-11-24 4:40:40 PM  
Doctor needs a good "Cock Stumping"...
 
Foaming
2008-11-24 4:41:06 PM  
She won't admit she's defeated.
 
The Voice of Sarcastic Reason
2008-11-24 4:41:07 PM  
When asked how their doctors could have made such an elementary mistake, the Chief of Medicine responded, "We're completely stumped."
 
hard h2o
2008-11-24 4:41:15 PM  
If I am reading this right she was treated for kidney stones. She was released. She developed the infection while released and not in the hospital. She was then readmitted to the hospital and they saved her life.

Sounds like she waited a bit to long before contacting the doctors about the infection.
 
tyshy
2008-11-24 4:41:19 PM  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pewBrNqiFJg
 
tedbundee
2008-11-24 4:41:39 PM  
Well, they didn't accidentally amputate anything. However, this is the second story I've read where someone goes to a hospital, contracts something, and ends up losing all four extremities.

/$100 million doesn't sound like enough if you axe me.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:41:55 PM  
During crossexamination, when attorneys for the plaintiff asked her how this could have happened, she shrugged and said, "I'm stumped."
 
Manberg
2008-11-24 4:41:56 PM  

shijjiri: FTFA: "I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this"


...only after he turned you from Tabitha to Stumpy. It's a miracle!
 
SlothB77
2008-11-24 4:42:22 PM  
how does someone who might end getting surgery at some point in their life avoid this scenario? how do i make sure i don't get infected, or if i do, how do i make sure i get that treated before the 'we need to amputate your hands and feet stage'?
 
crho85
2008-11-24 4:42:40 PM  
paging Dr. Nick Riviera...

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I gotta hand it to the dr. he really went the extra 5280 feet....

\\i bring nothing to the table
 
tedbundee
2008-11-24 4:42:40 PM  

drew is pedal: MadAzza: "I want to thank God for giving me a chance to live through this," said Mullings. "My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and legs before Christmas so I can spend it with my family and friends."

Don't be too anxious to check your stockings on Christmas morning, kids.

Why does god hate amputees? I bet they pray just as hard as everyone else but he never grows back an arm or a leg?


I saw a video on YouTube about this. It was sooooo f*cking funny, its not even funny. Wait...

/atheist. I totally agree with w/e the video said.
//including the part about eating babies.
 
Fat Horny Black and Joe
2008-11-24 4:42:58 PM  
"1-800-DOCTORB"

The 'B' stands for bargain!
 
Carousel Beast
2008-11-24 4:43:31 PM  

absoluteparanoia: Well... the surgeon didn't "accidentally" do this.

They did it so she wouldn't die. There's an argument to be made that they accidentally infected her--but that's another issue altogether.


That's another issue
 
trappedspirit
2008-11-24 4:43:33 PM  
Kind of makes you wish they had just let her die.
 
BioCritter
2008-11-24 4:43:52 PM  
Boxing Helena?
 
carolinecblaker
2008-11-24 4:43:52 PM  

ultraholland: Who will foot the bill for this procedure?


Its the Achillies Heel of the system.
 
The_Phantom
2008-11-24 4:45:29 PM  
At this point, she's just looking for handouts.
 
Isitoveryet
2008-11-24 4:45:52 PM  
speaking of amputation,
How many of you Farkers would have your fap hand replaced with a womans hand if given the chance?

just a thought. a sick demented tasteless thought.
 
evilelvis
2008-11-24 4:46:27 PM  
this is why my living will says no attempts to revive me

so i won't wake up without a penis
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-11-24 4:47:24 PM  
Cases like these are why the right to bear arms is so important.
 
trappedspirit
2008-11-24 4:47:42 PM  

tedbundee: Why does god hate amputees? I bet they pray just as hard as everyone else but he never grows back an arm or a leg?

I saw a video on YouTube about this. It was sooooo f*cking funny, its not even funny. Wait...

/atheist. I totally agree with w/e the video said.
//including the part about eating babies.


Yeah, I've seen that. It didn't make any sense. They were asking God to "cure" amputees. But I got a news flash for them, amputeedom is not a deadly disease to be cured from. Duh
 
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