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Andromeda


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Awww... you're all so sweet


As an update, there have been some minor improvements in her condition. She's doing better since the ileostomy. They gave her this pamphlet with a list of celebrities that have them.. sort of a "there is life after surgery" kind of thing. That made her cheer up a smidge, but still rather cranky... as to be expected


But I also found out she won't need to go through this as alone as we all thought. You see last year she got into a car accident that crushed her leg and they had to put pins in her hip... it was a big mess. Well shortly afterwards, she moved down to Florida. She started having pains in her hip and went to the hospital here. They told her the top part of her femur had died, they would need to remove it and eventually she would need a hip replacement (which the NY docs had told her was possible.. so this really wasn't a surprise). Well it turns out, she got this infection during the surgery to remove the bone. Don't get me wrong, it sucks that this happened to her, but at minimum she can sue for malpractice and get her medical bills taken care of. I'm not one for suing people at the drop of a hat (like so many others in this county ) but when it's legit, go for it.


As for the daughter, my aunt is moving down here for a while to take care of her. School starts Aug 1 in Fl.



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You gotta take what's owing to you, that's for sure.

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Andromeda


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damn straight!


I'm just such a sucker for a happy ending



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sha76jam


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OK, so you take something in to be repaired, they manage to cause a bigger problem, I'd expect it all sorted, big apologies, etc, yet when it's it's a person, not a thing, you have to sue to get that!  It's a twisted world!


Really glad to hear things are looking a bit more positive, sounds like the poor girl's really been through it.



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Andromeda


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wow.. I never thought of it that way, but you're totally right.


Technically, once you start the lawsuit they'd probably apologize all over the place and offer you a settlement, but it's always a fraction of what you'd get if you went through with the lawsuit. Plus, if you sue, you can include your lawyer's fees in the amount you're asking for, so you don't even have to pay those usually. Don't get that kind of perk if you settle.



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bonniepirateanne


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i'm really glad things are looking up and.. spilling hot coffee on yourself and taking the coffeeshop to court is repugnant.. when there's medical malpractice, totally acceptable

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Joe


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The worst one i ever heard of was the erm slightly overwieght taking mcdonalds to court because they didnt tell them that eating loads of their food would make them overweight!

Hope the cousin gets well soon mate - that was one of my worries when i broke my arm cuz an infection of the bone aint nuthin pretty

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Andromeda


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I know that McDonalds one had me laughing for days.


Personally my favorite was the guy who was suing McDonalds because he broke his bridgework when he bit into a bagel and now he can't satisfy his wife.



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Or even the one where the woman wedged her hot McDonalds coffee between her legs whilst driving.  Then she had to do an emegency stop and it all went horribly wrong.  Apparently she sucessfully sued McD because thay hadn't warned her that it would be hot.  Perhaps they should also mention that one shouldn't drive with it wedged between one's legs, pour it over sensitive computer equipment or perform brain surgery with it balanced on one's head...

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Andromeda


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Is it just me or has personal responsibility and common sense gone out the window?


Yesterday I was sitting in the break room eating my lunch of generic spaghetti-o's and started reading the container of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes infront of me. (REEEEALLLY BORED). Anyway, the first warning on the container is "not for personal clensing" and "do not use as a baby wipe". C'mon now...



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VicM


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We had a great peice of internal marketing come round.


It was a little box that said "It's Automatic" (advertising our new auto apply system for group pensions) and inside the box were 2 persil washing machine tablets (automatic - get it?  I know - very bad).


What made us all giggle (please bear in mind this was internal marketing, so only people in head office got this) was that on the outside of the little box it said "For internal use only".


We were all wondering how we were supposed to swallow these washing tablets!!


Kept us giggling for a bit - we're very sad in marketing you know.



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bonniepirateanne


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i love the peanut packets that read 'contains nuts' on the back.. commme on

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