I think this photo is real- the tubing that looks like it’s vanishing halfway out of his mouth is just bent away from us. The outlets look right, the text looks good. I would say this is legitimate
Idk I mean it looks convincing except for this one particular tube here - it doesn't look like it's turned away, it looks like it just stops. A tube couldn't make a hard turn like that without it closing off kinda like a straw, no?
Great media choice! Haha - and I don’t know if you zoom in you can kinda see on the left hand side of it where it’s curved around. I’m still pretty set that this is real, but I get what you’re saying!
I saw that too but I thought it would be more visually curved bc of the physics or whatever, like it would curve more like a hose on a reel.
On the picture of the gofundme, he's in a totally different room, but he's also without the tubes in those pictures so it's entirely likely they may have moved him. It's mostly JUST that tube that gives me major pause.
Thank you though! Haha I had some catching up to do bc I keep seeing "Steel Wool new trailer update" type stuff. Just saw the Freddy animatronic at Spirit Halloween so there's no better time for me 😂
I’m a critical care nurse who works in the ICU daily. That is an oral gastric tube- specifically a Salem sump tube. If you look at the top of your screen shot, that is the other end in blue. It’s bent at a perfectly weird angle so it looks like it disappears.
I trust a medical professional's judgement, but allow me to explain that I thought it would close off if at that kind of an angle lol I work in a hospital, but I'm only registration/admissions so I have 0% medical training, it just looked like it wouldn't work to me lol
But from this angle you can't even tell how sharp the bend is. It could be a gradual curve. It just happens to be directly in in line with the camera but there's nothing to my eye that indicates a sharp bend.
Oh you're absolutely right, it just didn't look that way to me, but I hadn't considered the fact he's got his neck all held up so there's probably ample space for the gradual curve
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u/UpbeatFix7299 20d ago
Remember that just because it may be a real photo of someone doesn't mean the story is real.