As far as I have heard, the baby is alive. I just hope he/she has some family left to care for him/her
Some amazing stories coming out of Christchurch - in a strange twist of 'handyness', at the time the NZ and Australian Association of Urologists was having their annual conference in ChCh at the time. I just read a story about a couple of them having to amputate a mans legs where he lay, using a pocket knife and a hack saw the female doctor had to do it cos she was the only one who could fit in to the area where his legs were - there was a local anaesthetist on hand who administered morphine and ketamine, so the guy wouldn't have known anything but wasn't unconscious. The man is alive, thank God. The doc who did the amputation is too traumatised to talk about it. Understandable, what a horrific thing to have to do. But it was the mans legs, or his life. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Tuesday, February 22, 2011 5:47:47 PM)
spapad wrote:
That quake was the first thing I saw when I logged on to my computer at work this moring. The pictures looked pretty horendous. Two quakes in one year is too much. I hope all your family and friends are safe and sound. God bless the people of Christchuch and their families. Hope the baby is well, and has her Dad still alive to raise her, poor baby.
Becks wrote:
Just read the most heartbreaking story - a mother with her baby in her arms was hit by falling debris and killed the baby was found still in her arms and is alive, unsure if it's badly injured.
the female doctor had to do it cos she was the only one who could fit in to the area where his legs were - there was a local anaesthetist on hand who administered morphine and ketamine, so the guy wouldn't have known anything but wasn't unconscious. The man is alive, thank God. The doc who did the amputation is too traumatised to talk about it. Understandable, what a horrific thing to have to do. But it was the mans legs, or his life.
the baby was found still in her arms and is alive, unsure if it's badly injured.