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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy Question about Our First Lady and her health; Why were those pictured with her were wearing...
...scrubs?
This entire story about her staying the hospital for much longer than needed and then the scrubs really has me wondering:
It is very questionable about the official story of why she needed so much time to recover from a relatively minor surgery is just one piece of the puzzle.
Another question is the need for scrubs. Here is what the internets tell us about the main reason nurses and other healthcare professionals wear scrubs when dealing with patients;
Scrubs help nurses identify contaminants and bodily fluids, are inexpensive to replace, get cleaned using harsh chemicals and heat (often making them cleaner than regular clothing), protect personal clothing from being ruined and help identify nurses in the work place.
http://www.nursetheory.com/why-do-nurses-wear-scrubs/
So how does that apply to our First Lady?
Maybe she is very ill and they need to "identify contaminants and bodily fluids" to protect themselves and find out why she may be so ill.
BTW, I don't care who she married. As concerned citizens, we deserve to know.
Here's a bit more previously reported:
Given Mrs. Trumps desire to keep her private life private, that is probably unlikely. The first ladys team kept her procedure, and details about when she actually entered Walter Reed, under lockdown. White House aides who were near Mrs. Trump wore blue scrubs in the hours immediately after the procedure, according to a person who saw several of the first ladys aides at Walter Reed.
Wearing scrubs, Dr. Hong said, would be unnecessary for people interacting with a patient who had undergone an embolization procedure.
[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/us/politics/melania-trump-kidney-procedure-white-house.html]
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)When the Trumps make up a story, they seem to do the corniest most amateurish photos to "back up" their tale. Great example was DT claiming to write his speech...but with a sharpie & at Mar A Lago's reception desk?
MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)😏 Im very curious about Whats up with her...Im not a fan but I do not wish her ill. Shes a mother to a young boy who has a monster for a father.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Since everybody lies can't tell when someone is telling the truth even when they do occasionally tell it, which I don't believe is the case here.
THEY LIE AND THEIR PEOPLE LIE. And I'll keep repeating that over and over again just as they repeat their lies.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)the White House at the present. I couldn't care less unless it could somehow get them both out of the WH more quickly.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)...the "s...s" after after coming down with something really serious, and the WH is hiding it. Something like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_O157:H7
Or, to put it my own way; If the infection, toxin or a toxin-mediated infection, is very serious, you "s...s" yourself to death.
Also, where is she?
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)Never will.
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)I have a friend that does it to her face. She really puffs up and looks like hell. Bigtime
Pretty sure the ex model in her would keep that procedure under wraps.
Thats my story and I am sticking to it.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)I believe people who get facelifts need periodic "maintenance". Would normally be an outpatient procedure but she needed a couple days for the swelling to go down.
BumRushDaShow
(127,317 posts)Apparently Walter Reed has this capability.
I remember hearing about its use decades ago - notably with those who had cosmetic surgery (e.g., Elizabeth Taylor and other celebrities, etc), some of whom apparently would apparently slide in here to Philly to UPenn, which had a department specializing it this since the late '60s. Coming here meant they had a better chance of anonymity.
Wawannabe
(5,580 posts)For 19 days.
I rest my case!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Retrograde
(10,073 posts)Some of us were "lucky" enough to not start menopause until our late 50s - and my GYN claims their hospital's record for oldest mother at birth is 56!
But that would still be an outpatient procedure for most people, or at best an overnight stay.
Vinca
(50,170 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)I mean, really, she obviously can't stand him, and he doesn't seem to care about her or Barron at all. So I think she always tries her best to keep away from him. This is a good excuse, and what can he say. Not that he cares. I don't think that man cared about his own mother even.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Under republican weaken-America "security" measures that would fit...
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)We do not deserve to know. Health information is protected in this country. HIPAA is the law that protects all of our health info. Including the first ladys.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)I'll never trust them for anything.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Shame on you for thinking you have the right to anyone elses health info. Smh.
Besides, as another poster said, who cares?
JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)I'll feel better then!
alfie
(522 posts)I am a retired RN. What better color than white for identifying body fluids?? Scrubs are more comfortable, cheaper than the old uniforms and easy to wash and dry. Rarely did an iron have to touch them. In one hospital I worked in, the color of the scrubs designated what area the person worked in and their function. Nurses had one color, lab another, x-ray another, etc. OR scrubs are typically green, but one place I was in recently the docs were in green, the nurses were in blue.
I'm think that there were so many secret service and aids that they would have looked so out of place that the scrubs made them appear to be hospital personnel.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Thats done for two reasons. First is its less disruptive to the environment, so other patients and staff dont feel uneasy because they are around.
Second is that it makes it harder for anyone attempting to harm the person they are tasked to protect. When they blend better its harder to scope out who all the security people are.
Then wearing clothing that is expected to be seen in a hospital instead of suits that stand out would be typical.
JoeOtterbein
(7,698 posts)For me, it's a matter of trust. I just don't trust Trump and his WH for a second.
MFM008
(19,782 posts)I know she married a virus.....
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Tummy Tuck
JI7
(89,182 posts)if it was a serious health matter they would be using it for sympathy .
RainCaster
(10,691 posts)To keep his tiny "gift" out.