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MADem

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14. You don't have to be Doctor Frist if you have eyes and can see and read.
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 02:00 PM
Feb 2013

He cannot walk.

He cannot raise his head/sit up.

He cannot breathe on his own.

He cannot speak.

He's had a "pelvic tumor" removed four times.

All reports from independent sources say he is suffering from sarcoma--you don't come back from that. Those that are reporting that it is sarcoma say it has migrated to his bones.

Tick tock. Time is running short. It's terribly sad for him and his family, but snarking at me isn't going to change anything.

The man in those photos is in dire straits, and no amount of photoshopping away a trach tube can change that situation.

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so has the guy been seen in public the past several days? hmmm nt msongs Feb 2013 #1
Not necessarily in public in Cuba dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #4
Got a link about the tracheal tube? joshcryer Feb 2013 #6
Mentioned here dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #7
Here we go again... KamaAina Feb 2013 #15
Viva Chavez SamKnause Feb 2013 #2
My best wishes go to President Chavez madokie Feb 2013 #3
Amazing. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #5
Sounds like he's gone home to die. MADem Feb 2013 #8
Doctor Frist, is that you? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #11
You don't have to be Doctor Frist if you have eyes and can see and read. MADem Feb 2013 #14
LOL n/t bitchkitty Feb 2013 #12
Yes Zorro Feb 2013 #13
ˇViva Chávez! bitchkitty Feb 2013 #9
Best of health and fortune to him, and strength to his people and his family geek tragedy Feb 2013 #10
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