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."
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Wilms
(26,795 posts)And I hope the kid does well.
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)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)Had I read through...
And, yikes! That's like borderline stuff. Heartbreaking and double scary.
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)Which is why the wording seemed so odd, I think.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)do I feel for that mother and the hell she is going through right now.
trillion
(1,859 posts)Chemisse
(30,813 posts)That one-hour delay while they thought she was dead probably didn't help her prognosis.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)Innocent little kid. All the victims innocent people just going about their lives slaughtered.
Lots of people rooting for her.