• ArgentRaven@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What newspaper is that under his right hand? Is it current? I haven’t seen a paper in years so I have no clue if this is what I suspect, an old picture.

    If he got cpr, they cracked his ribs. That’s just how it goes.

    And his face looks more melted than this. Like his flesh is rotting off. Looks normal skin colored, here.

    Isn’t his wife still in China?

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The article states it is from sunday. They clearly made it accurate as they could. Theres some good points in the comments here so who knows if it was completely faked somehow, but if he really does look that good somehow and as the arricle states theres literally nothing wrong with him the entire time, then a month off sounds like a lot and he should be back to work this week right? Well see him anyday now back to it! Cant wait.

  • decolo@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Ok what hospital is he in? any paparazzi interested in paying off their debt to society?

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    2 months ago

    “My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia,” he said in a statement.

    McConnell said he’s moved from a hospital to a rehabilitation center to continue regaining his strength. His doctors have run through “every test they can think of” to try to determine what caused the incident.

    Must be nice to have access to good healthcare and be rich enough to just decide to set up camp in a private room at a hospital for a month when “nothing’s wrong.” Totally normal American experience right there.

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    2 months ago

    Weird how unlimited time away from work and good, unlimited healthcare can extend a person’s life.

    I wonder if there’s a lesson to be learned there…

  • s@piefed.world
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    2 months ago

    The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

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    “My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke. I don’t have any tumors or hemorrhages. But I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia,” he said in a statement.

    The 911 recording said CPR was being administered. So something is not adding up here.

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      2 months ago

      Probably technically correct:

      In 2021, the American Heart Association clarified that “heart attack” is often mistakenly used to describe cardiac arrest. While a heart attack refers to death of heart muscle tissue as a result of blood supply loss, cardiac arrest is caused when the heart’s electrical system malfunctions. Furthermore, the American Heart Association explains that “if corrective measures are not taken rapidly, this condition progresses to sudden death. Cardiac arrest should be used to signify an event as described above, that is reversed, usually by CPR and/or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing. Sudden cardiac death should not be used to describe events that are not fatal”.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest

      That is, if he was administered CPR or defibrillation and was revived, he probably had a cardiac arrest but not a heart attack. Or possibly he was having difficulty breathing and didn’t have a cardiac event at all.

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        OK I can see what you’re getting at, but if CPR was performed, it’s very difficult to believe an 84 year old didn’t have rib fractures at least.

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    2 months ago

    If the list of things that are completely fine is true… Then why would he be in the hospital so long? Is he lazy? Taking weeks long paid sick leave after a minor bump!