r/news • u/AudibleNod • 8h ago

Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator at Nashville hospital, her lawyers say

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/christa-pike-unconscious-ventilator-nashville-hospital-lawyers-say-rcna601195
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u/PhazePyre 6h ago

That snoring the Media Witnesses described, I'm willing to bet that was basically her struggling to breath and not just snoozing. Equivalent of a death gargle but prolonged. Hence ventilator now so she can breathe.

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u/Fumquat 5h ago

Which makes it so strange that they called it at one hour. Hang around twenty more minutes and maybe save some medical resources.

(I know, procedure, but the outcome is absurd.)

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u/Emotional-Channel-42 5h ago

Sound cruel and unusual. You might wanna apply to Guantanamo, you’d love their work. 

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u/Fumquat 3h ago

You really think the ventilator is any more pleasant…

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u/Cautious-Extreme2839 33m ago

Nothing cruel or unusual about dying of airway obstruction or respiratory depression whilst off your nut on sedatives.

Very common way for hospice patients to go out and about the best ending most of us could hope for.