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CaliforniaPeggy

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7. Well, from my viewpoint as a retired RN, things could have been a lot worse.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:11 PM

Jun 2019

You can easily live without your gall bladder, for instance. And losing part of his intestines and colon could be bad, depending on which parts. The liver is quite sturdy and can regenerate itself, over time.

So, yeah, it could have been worse.

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David Ortiz shooting: Baseball legend needed parts of organs removed [View all] left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 OP

OK, the headline makes it sound worse than it actually is. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #1

Seriously? left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #6

Well, from my viewpoint as a retired RN, things could have been a lot worse. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #7

Plus you forget that Peg is way more of a tough as nails bad ass than any dozen of we mere mortals. NightWatcher Jun 2019 #9

Walk it off ? left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #10

worse than it actually is? tymorial Jun 2019 #8

Monstrous for anyone to do to anyone. nolabear Jun 2019 #2

The article I read said he was targeted. The guy dismounted his motorcycle and tblue37 Jun 2019 #3

Good God. nolabear Jun 2019 #4

There is an article in the Boston Globe quoting Green Line Jun 2019 #5

My favorite picture of Big Papi. edbermac Jun 2019 #11

Awww.. Cha Jun 2019 #12