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RandySF

(59,120 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:47 PM Dec 2016

Carrie Fisher in Stable Condition After Reportedly Suffering Heart Attack on Plane

Update at 7:30 p.m.: Carrie Fisher's brother tells the Associated Press the actress was "out of emergency" and in stable condition after suffering a medical emergency on a plane. Todd Fisher declined to go into any more detail about what happened to his 60-year-old sister.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/23/carrie_fisher_in_critical_condition_after_suffering_heart_attack_on_plane.html

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Carrie Fisher in Stable Condition After Reportedly Suffering Heart Attack on Plane (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2016 OP

I feel relieved bravenak Dec 2016 #1

Wow, I thought DU had declared her dead barely an hour ago. cwydro Dec 2016 #2

Well, there is such a thing as "critical, but stable"... Barack_America Dec 2016 #3

Thank goodness. nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #4

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

1. I feel relieved

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:56 PM

Dec 2016

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

2. Wow, I thought DU had declared her dead barely an hour ago.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:01 PM

Dec 2016

Various DU medical experts diagnosing from afar.

I still remember the day DU declared Jimmy Carter dead after his cancer diagnosis.

Some seriously pessimistic folks here sometimes.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

3. Well, there is such a thing as "critical, but stable"...

Reply to cwydro (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:22 PM

Dec 2016

...which is typically used to describe someone who is not actively crashing, but still requiring some form of life support.

Her condition is still clearly guarded, if she's on a ventilator. I'm just hoping the reports of how long they needed to do CPR are wrong.

tblue37

(65,477 posts)

4. Thank goodness. nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:23 PM

Dec 2016

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