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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:13 PM Feb 2016

Teen shooting victim responds to doctor with thumbs-up

Source: Associated Press

Teen shooting victim responds to doctor with thumbs-up

Updated 4:07 pm, Monday, February 22, 2016

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A simple squeeze of her mother's hand was enough to alert doctors that a 14-year-old victim of the mass shootings in Kalamazoo had survived the carnage.

State police Lt. Dale Hinz says initial reports were that the girl had died after being shot once in the head.

Her parents told Hinz on Sunday that after the hand-squeezing a doctor asked the girl a question, wanting a thumbs-up response.

Hinz says "she gave him two thumbs up" and "it's a glimmer of hope in this otherwise tragic situation."


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Teen-shooting-victim-responds-to-doctor-with-6847481.php

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Teen shooting victim responds to doctor with thumbs-up (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP
Very oddly written. Wilms Feb 2016 #1
She was pronounced dead and they were prepping her for organ donation. Chemisse Feb 2016 #2
Thanks for straightening me out! Wilms Feb 2016 #3
No! You didn't miss anything; The details weren't included in that article! Chemisse Feb 2016 #6
Oh man passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #4
I am so rooting for this kid trillion Feb 2016 #5
I sure hope she can make it. Chemisse Feb 2016 #7
I hope she can survive this. montana_hazeleyes Feb 2016 #8

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
2. She was pronounced dead and they were prepping her for organ donation.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:41 PM
Feb 2016

It's written in an awkward way because it is not mentioning that fact.

She was being kept on life support, but otherwise treated as dead for an hour! Once they realized she was alive, they trucked her right off to surgery.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/21/1488812/-Teen-shot-by-Michigan-Mass-Shooter-was-declared-dead-And-then

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
3. Thanks for straightening me out!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:49 PM
Feb 2016

Had I read through...

And, yikes! That's like borderline stuff. Heartbreaking and double scary.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
6. No! You didn't miss anything; The details weren't included in that article!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:55 PM
Feb 2016

Which is why the wording seemed so odd, I think.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
7. I sure hope she can make it.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:57 PM
Feb 2016

That one-hour delay while they thought she was dead probably didn't help her prognosis.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
8. I hope she can survive this.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:37 PM
Feb 2016

Innocent little kid. All the victims innocent people just going about their lives slaughtered.
Lots of people rooting for her.

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