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JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:21 PM May 2018

My 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. Trump’s desire to keep her private life private, that is probably unlikely. The first lady’s 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 lady’s 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]


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My Question about Our First Lady and her health; Why were those pictured with her were wearing... (Original Post) JoeOtterbein May 2018 OP
Props for the photo op? Crash2Parties May 2018 #1
Hmmmmmm. MontanaMama May 2018 #2
No need to worry! I can tell you what it wasn't...which is whatever the hell they told us it was. Kirk Lover May 2018 #3
OH, I thought something was wrong with the REAL First Lady, not that imposter in Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #4
Oh, who gives a shit. This is much ado over nothing. Lil Missy May 2018 #5
Maybe it's Melania who is giving... JoeOtterbein May 2018 #6
If so, nobody else's business. Lil Missy May 2018 #16
Ok, but then why say anything at all? Maybe she really wants the truth out too. I don't trust them. JoeOtterbein May 2018 #18
Plastic surgery man Wawannabe May 2018 #7
Good thinking ! We will know soon enough if she looks tres different Laura PourMeADrink May 2018 #9
Agree Freddie May 2018 #10
HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) BumRushDaShow May 2018 #11
First lady not seen in public... Wawannabe May 2018 #25
Abortion? Na...she's 48. Maybe he beat her up? Laura PourMeADrink May 2018 #8
Unlikely but possible Retrograde May 2018 #24
Maybe it was all a ruse and she just wanted to get away from Don for a few days. Vinca May 2018 #12
I go with that. dawg day May 2018 #29
Maybe Pooty Poot ordered a microchip upgrade in her medulla oblongata? Achilleaze May 2018 #13
No. We have no right to know. Tipperary May 2018 #14
Thank you. Lil Missy May 2018 #17
I have the right to know from her mouth. Think maybe the WH might be lying? JoeOtterbein May 2018 #19
No, you do not have the right to know. Tipperary May 2018 #20
I care. Maybe someone orange or other hurt her and they are covering it up. I want to see her alive. JoeOtterbein May 2018 #21
I think they wore scrubs to blend in with other staff members alfie May 2018 #15
Secret Service Agents often modify dress to the environment Lee-Lee May 2018 #22
Good point. Thanks! JoeOtterbein May 2018 #23
Maybe she got Ebola MFM008 May 2018 #26
My money's on... PassingFair May 2018 #27
or something similar related more to "improving" appearance rather than health concerns JI7 May 2018 #30
I think she had her woohoo sewn shut RainCaster May 2018 #28

Crash2Parties

(6,017 posts)
1. Props for the photo op?
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:25 PM
May 2018

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)
2. Hmmmmmm.
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:28 PM
May 2018

😏 I’m very curious about What’s up with her...I’m not a fan but I do not wish her ill. She’s a mother to a young boy who has a monster for a father.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
3. No need to worry! I can tell you what it wasn't...which is whatever the hell they told us it was.
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:32 PM
May 2018

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)
4. OH, I thought something was wrong with the REAL First Lady, not that imposter in
Wed May 23, 2018, 11:32 PM
May 2018

the White House at the present. I couldn't care less unless it could somehow get them both out of the WH more quickly.

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
6. Maybe it's Melania who is giving...
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:36 AM
May 2018

...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?

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
18. Ok, but then why say anything at all? Maybe she really wants the truth out too. I don't trust them.
Thu May 24, 2018, 01:56 PM
May 2018

Never will.

Wawannabe

(5,580 posts)
7. Plastic surgery man
Thu May 24, 2018, 01:08 AM
May 2018

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.
That’s my story and I am sticking to it.

Freddie

(9,232 posts)
10. Agree
Thu May 24, 2018, 05:33 AM
May 2018

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)
11. HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:22 AM
May 2018

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.

Retrograde

(10,073 posts)
24. Unlikely but possible
Thu May 24, 2018, 05:00 PM
May 2018

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.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
29. I go with that.
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:46 AM
May 2018

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)
13. Maybe Pooty Poot ordered a microchip upgrade in her medulla oblongata?
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:34 AM
May 2018

Under republican weaken-America "security" measures that would fit...

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
14. No. We have no right to know.
Thu May 24, 2018, 06:54 AM
May 2018

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 lady’s.

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
19. I have the right to know from her mouth. Think maybe the WH might be lying?
Thu May 24, 2018, 01:57 PM
May 2018

I'll never trust them for anything.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
20. No, you do not have the right to know.
Thu May 24, 2018, 02:18 PM
May 2018

Shame on you for thinking you have the “right” to anyone else’s health info. Smh.

Besides, as another poster said, who cares?

JoeOtterbein

(7,698 posts)
21. I care. Maybe someone orange or other hurt her and they are covering it up. I want to see her alive.
Thu May 24, 2018, 02:52 PM
May 2018

I'll feel better then!

alfie

(522 posts)
15. I think they wore scrubs to blend in with other staff members
Thu May 24, 2018, 08:44 AM
May 2018

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)
22. Secret Service Agents often modify dress to the environment
Thu May 24, 2018, 02:59 PM
May 2018

That’s done for two reasons. First is it’s less disruptive to the environment, so other patients and staff don’t 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 it’s 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)
23. Good point. Thanks!
Thu May 24, 2018, 04:51 PM
May 2018

For me, it's a matter of trust. I just don't trust Trump and his WH for a second.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
30. or something similar related more to "improving" appearance rather than health concerns
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:49 AM
May 2018

if it was a serious health matter they would be using it for sympathy .

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