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SoCalDem

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7. When I had my first child, they kept me "under" for THREE days

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 04:10 PM

Jun 2013

so they could "put off" telling me until they knew how to approach his treatment. By the time they weaned me off, I had to cough up stuff the consistency of a wet tennis ball, and I had raging pneumonia..

I went in with a 34-wk abruption (over 1/3 detached placenta, a BP of nada & had 7 units on the table).. then our son had a serious birth defect...so they just kept me knocked out.. I was there 11 days due to the complications they added.. A night nurse finally introduced me to my son on day 8-.

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Corporate morality in action. woo me with science Jun 2013 #5

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When I had my first child, they kept me "under" for THREE days SoCalDem Jun 2013 #7

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For-profit "health care" at its finest. silverweb Jun 2013 #8

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