- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Dianne Odell spent 60 years encased in an iron lung only to die due to a power outage
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:53 am to lsufan1971
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:53 am to lsufan1971
polio patients remaining utilize the internet much more than their PCP for polio related trauma. Because it is such a rare malady now, there are few knowledgeable physicians to treat. 3 years ago, a new pain management clinic doc told my wife that he would find a specialist that could cure her legs and make her walk again after 70 years of leg paralysis. We quickly scootered away from him.
0
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:54 am to idlewatcher
quote:Everyone here is saying that but hard to really say what you would want without actually being in that situation
Would rather be dead than to live my life like that.
Why knows maybe this lady is ok living the rest of life like this and has accepted it
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:56 am to stout
Obviously this wasn't in Louisiana.
Had to be Texas
Had to be Texas
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:04 am to Pelican fan99
quote:No, it's not hard at all.
Everyone here is saying that but hard to really say what you would want without actually being in that situation
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:20 am to stout
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:23 am to stout
I would love to have one make a bbq pit out of it.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:37 am to stout
quote:You got that right, K!
Your life isn't all that bad. Have a good day!
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:42 am to Woodlands Tigah
How awful for her and the family 
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:42 am to Hangover Haven
quote:
You don't see many iron lungs these days because positive pressure ventilators are so advanced and small these days, it allows people to live a life outside any house or facility.
Why wouldn’t someone using the iron lung switch to the positive pressure vent?
Just curious, and you seem to know a good bit about it
Posted on 1/3/24 at 11:14 am to stout
quote:
Your life isn't all that bad
She has balloons around her bedroom....living room.....bathroom and den....
I don't have any balloons.....you don't know my struggles!
Posted on 1/3/24 at 11:35 am to facher08
Crazy. Hospitals do generator tests all the time for this reason.
I would still have had a battery inverter around somewhere to buy some time, but honestly I guess if you wanna be dead enough, then you’re gonna die
I would still have had a battery inverter around somewhere to buy some time, but honestly I guess if you wanna be dead enough, then you’re gonna die
Posted on 1/3/24 at 11:43 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
quote:
I would have wished for an outage long before 60 years.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 12:01 pm to Hateradedrink
There was an old rehab hospital here in rural TX that has since relocated, but the older employees there often told stories about pumping the iron lungs by hand when the power went out.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 12:09 pm to Woodlands Tigah
Presumably her elderly parents weren't able to keep the hand pump going
Posted on 1/3/24 at 12:09 pm to stout
No solar powered generator?
Turbine?
Unicorn farts?
Turbine?
Unicorn farts?
Posted on 1/3/24 at 12:42 pm to stout
How does bathing/going to bathroom work in those things?
Posted on 1/3/24 at 1:05 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:
OT docs, school me on this.
What ailment does a person have to be put into this thing/
Are they aware that they are in it?
Are they able to converse and whatnot?
I see she has a tv so, i guess she can see/hear?
they can die from a cold because they have no immune system, thats why they must live in the canister and breath purified air. they cant go anywhere but they can live a relatively normal live withing the limitations of it.
think of it as living in a bubble, you can have a decent sedentary live like most lazy people have that never go anywhere or do anything.
and considering the only other option is suicide, who wants to die when you can live with restrictions
This post was edited on 1/3/24 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 1/3/24 at 1:07 pm to keakar
thanks
Posted on 1/3/24 at 1:25 pm to Tifway419
quote:
Why wouldn’t someone using the iron lung switch to the positive pressure vent?
These days you would think... I suppose if the pt has some autoimmune issues. Only thing is with PPV you need an airway, tracheostomy, to ventilate. That can be another issue for some some pts.
Page 3 of 4
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News