Man who survived 27 day in Haiti rubble stable

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Haiti mystery patient recovering: Stable, eating
AP
By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer Paisley Dodds, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 41 mins ago



A rice vendor who doctors say may have survived 27 days under the rubble after Haiti's devastating earthquake was in stable condition and eating Wednesday.

Doctors were skeptical at first about the man's story — people can survive as long as nine weeks without food, but die quickly without water. The last confirmed survivor was a 16-year-old girl removed from rubble 15 days after the Jan. 12 quake.

They turned into believers, however, after he became lucid enough to tell his tale. He told health care workers that he was selling rice in a flea market when the quake destroyed the building, trapping him under the debris — apparently along with water or food.

"He's doing very well," said Dr. David Chong, who was treating the man at a University of Miami Medishare field hospital in Haiti's capital. "We've been giving him intravenous fluids and he's tolerating them well. We also gave him a Hershey bar. He was pretty happy about that..."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_mystery_patient

[flamingdem]

1. nice story nt

[cutlassmama]

2. Glad he's stable. Good thing he was in a market with food/water...only

way he could have survived. I wonder how many others are still trapped in markets?

[Maru Kitteh]

3. AC said he has children who thought he had perished - how nice for his family

He must have one hell of a will to live. How amazing.