#s: roe

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it’s winter time, but that doesn’t mean much in tartosa.

[ghostlakan]

bastogne

[magnoliasforyourmedic]

I was dead. My right leg was blown off, and the snow was red from all the blood. I went from burning hot to freezing. Me and Joe lay there freezing in the snow, shivering, bleeding, both of us were full of shrapnel. He said, "Jesus Christ, what the hell do I have to do to die?!" It was Joe's fifth time hit. Lipton, Malarkey, and Babe came running over to help, I was half out of it. Doc Roe was right there, trying to patch us up. Without him, we wouldn't be alive. Roe was the best medic we ever had. He was born to be a medic. You could always depend on him. You hollered, "Medic!" he was right there come hell or high water, he knew what he was doing. He was compassionate, took care of you mentally, physically, every way.

— William “Wild Bill” Guarnere describing Eugene “Doc” Roe in the book he cowrote with Babe Heffron, Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends

[chonnysinferno]

you resemble a fool although you're only a man so give it up and smile

[kbsd]

i got you, babe you got me, babe

for jen @crowthis — happy birthday! <3

[ronsenthal]

Renée & Eugene

[cc-tens]

Listennn, I don't care what anyone says, medic characters in media are the fucking best. The battle between managing their emotions and distancing themselves a healthy degree from loss but also their love and devotion driving them to push through and try and do their best to save others, only to be destroyed when they cannot. How they try and cope with the situation they're put in - some by remaining quiet and distant, others trying to use jokes and levity to mask the pain. But GOD I love when a character who heals and saves others eventually comes to bend and breaks under the enormous pressure they're under and now other's have to find a way to save them. The people they've dedicated their lives to now trying desperately to hold tight and sooth the one who soothes them, to keep them whole and together not only due to that person being invaluable for what they do but also because everyone's come to love them for who they are as well.

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a little family fun day at the sequoia bay aquarium. rosalie was not impressed with the fish, but alisa had the time of her life. maybe we have a future marine biologist in our hands...

lot by @sweetbeagaming 🐟

[magnoliasforyourmedic]

Several nights later, I was lying in my bunk and broke out into a deep sweat, followed by chills. Back and forth. Finally, our medic, Eugene Roe, came and took my temperature.

"We're gettin' you the hell out of here, Malark."

"No, no, no. I'll be OK."

Nobody in Easy had spent more consecutive days in combat than me. I didn't want the streak to end because I had a piddly case of the flu.

"I'm getting Speirs," Roe said.

"Roe, I’m—"

"Shut up, Malark. You're sick."

He got Captain Speirs, who did a quick assessment and ordered me to a hospital. "We're pulling out in the morning, Malark. You're not fit to come. Get well and rejoin us for the victory celebration in Hitler's place in the mountains." An ambulance took me to a field hospital, where I hazily recall several doctors standing over me, bright lights in my face, and hearing talk about some strain of Rhine River malaria.

— Excerpt from Don Malarkey in his book, Easy Company Soldier: the Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

[ame-in-the-rain]

had to get this out of my system

[canisalbus]

So my hiking route today took me through a deer park with, I kid you not, a 50+ herd of albino/leucistic fallow and (not very) red deer… what are the changes lol

Now I’m imagining poor Vasco in this Where’s Waldo situation, once he gets a grip on himself and goes back to find Machete.

(The expressions in Hound Mode btw were delightful!)

Ah, that must've been quite a sight! It's always such a staggering feeling coming across a big herd of any large animals, at least if you ask me. The fact they were all white just adds to the effect.

I hope Vasco would've fetched Machete and showed him the deer as well. I don't think he's encountered many other albinistic animals, at least in canon. He might've been impressed.

[ronsenthal]

EASY COMPANY AS THE MAJOR ARCANA IN TAROT

A/N: so this one is according to ME (user ronsparky), because I had this crazy idea this morning about how our guys represent many archetypes from the Tarot so I knew I had to do something. Apologies in advance as I'm still learning, also thanks to my friend (not really from the fandom) who is really great at this stuff and taught me so much.

Dick Winters: The Chariot, represents control, willpower, success, action, determination and security. He represents all of this for the company being always there, trying his best to guide and take care of everybody, he gives so much hope and comfort.

Lewis Nixon: The World, it stands for completion, integration, accomplishment, travel, study, also represents an emotional jorney and in the end in fulfillment something that he ofter brings to the table being an intelligence officer.

Ronald Speirs: Death, people often don't understand and fear this one as they are afraid of what they see, but Death also means cutting out what is unnecessary, a fresh new start, resolutions, metamorphosis and intuition, we saw all of that in his development.

Carwood Lipton: Temperance, represents balance, moderation, patience, purpose and is a reminder to remain calm during hard moments. He basically did all of that for the guys, always trying his best even, giving a smile or just cutting the crap.

Harry Welsh: The Lovers, as it represents love (obviously), romance, harmony but also stands for union, is warm, being supportive. He could be the sun tho, but he is too romantic so I had too.

Shifty Powers: The Sun, happiness, success, vitality, joy, confidence, turth, happiness and above all optimism, radiating love and hope. He is just so pure and always tries to see the good side of things, even when things aren't so great.

Bull Randleman: Kinda obvious but Strenght, because it represents courage, bravery, sel-confidence and specially power but can be so caring and have the rare balance between power and focus, being protective, guiding people and being a leader.

George Luz: Also The Sun, for success, abundance, and radiance, can brighten an entire galaxy and brings joy even after a big storm. Also carries this warm feeling for those around him that is just so adorable and also Luz in portuguese means Light

John Martin: The Emperor, mostly because of all the aura of authority, control and discipline but always thinking about his people and trying to bring order and working hard.

Roy Cobb: The Tower, I will not elaborate it.

John Janovec: Wheel of Fortune, basically fate and unexpected events sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Eugene Roe: The Star, carrying hope and healing for those who need it the most. It requires incredible strenght as it stands still up in the sky even when the clouds are blocking the view, even when you forget it's there.

Bill Guarnere: The Fool, kinda wild and people see this crazy dude that can get into real trouble by being reckless, but I thinkg it also represents spontaneity, adventure and a new journey ahead.

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[filosofablogger]

A Brief Update

Earlier today I wrote about Kate Cox and her struggle to obtain an abortion despite the fact that the fetus she carries is not viable and her very life is in danger.  I wrote that late last night, and when I woke this morning, it was to this headline in the New York Times … Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion   The court, responding to an appeal from Attorney General Ken…

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mom and dad.

[killed-by-choice]

Nancy Hopper, 27 (USA 1984)

Nancy Hopper bled to death at the age of 27. She was the victim of egregious negligence.

Close to midnight on November 29, 1984, Nancy went to Boston City Hospital feeling extremely sick. Not only was she misdiagnosed with gastroenteritis, but a first-year resident deemed her unable to care for herself and arranged for her to be taken to the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center. She had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and was described as “psychotic” by ER staff before being involuntarily committed on a 10-day basis. (It is possible that she was experiencing confusion and anxiety as a result of blood loss.)

Nancy’s “treatment” at Fuller was highly problematic. The facility was understaffed and had more patients than the accommodations should have allowed. Various tests were ordered for Nancy, but based on the events of her stay, it does not appear that the tests were conducted and responded to in a timely manner.

About an hour after being admitted, Nancy fell in the bathroom and cut her face. She was described as “dead weight” when physically picked up and carried back to bed, and indicated with her hands that she was suffering intense pain in her abdominal and genital area. It appears that she was continuously trying to tell Fuller’s staff what was happening in the only way that she could.

On the morning of November 30, Fuller staff became frustrated with Nancy. She insisted on lying on the floor and refused to wear clothes. This may have been a form of paradoxical undressing*. A seclusion order was signed by a doctor who, against the Department of Mental Health’s policy, had no further contact with Nancy.

It wasn’t until the afternoon that a ward psychiatrist even reviewed whether it was appropriate to force Nancy into seclusion. The psychiatrist in question, Dr. Papanek, did not actually examine Nancy. Dr. Elmi, the doctor on call at Fuller, talked to Nancy in the late afternoon but did not actually examine her despite her alarming symptoms. Elmi renewed the seclusion order and gave directions for Nancy’s vitals to be checked every 15 minutes. Except for taking Nancy’s pulse once in the evening, Elmi had no further contact with her.

No vitals were recorded after 8:00 PM. Except for Elmi’s singular check of her pulse, no doctors saw Nancy for many of her hours in seclusion. She was unmonitored, alone, trapped and dying. After a certain point, no safety checks were being conducted. The seclusion order expired, but she was still left in that room.

At 7:05 AM on December 1, a nurse finally came to check on Nancy. She found the young woman slumped across a mattress in a strange position. Nancy was unresponsive and was brought to Boston City Hospital in an ambulance, but she was pronounced dead on arrival.

An autopsy found that Nancy had not died of gastroenteritis, but a misdiagnosed ectopic pregnancy. Despite constantly trying to tell staff about her pain, she had been neglected until her fallopian tube ruptured and she bled to death internally.

A lawsuit over Nancy’s death later pointed out that not only was she neglected at Fuller, but alleged that putting her in seclusion was done unlawfully. The argument, based on another court case of an incapacitated patient put in seclusion, was that “failure to follow certain prescribed procedures of § 21 was a violation of the plaintiffs' due process liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment. The violations included the indiscriminate use of seclusion, the failure to make out forms, and the failure to review incidents of seclusion seasonably.”

Nancy’s “treatment” at Fuller was not the only gross negligence that led to her death. Researcher Kevin Sherlock, who later investigated the case, found that the National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Multiple Cause of Death Record for 1984 contained data on a death from ruptured ectopic pregnancy after an attempted abortion. A pathology report or even a glance should have shown no fetal body parts removed. A follow-up appointment should have been able to detect that something was wrong soon after if conducted adequately. But Nancy was fatally neglected, even then.

Before her internment and death at Fuller, it was noted that Nancy had recently been “more sexually involved than usual.” Given her mental state, it is disturbingly unlikely that she was truly able to consent to sexual activity or to an abortion.

Nancy’s case is similar to the death of 22-year-old Lynette Wallace, another young Black woman. Lynette also underwent an abortion procedure without knowing her pregnancy was ectopic. When admitted to a hospital, she was dubbed “agitated” and “difficult to handle” and was put in restraints by staff. She also bled to death because of the delay in a diagnosis.

*Nancy’s actions leading up to her seclusion included lying on a cool floor and not wearing clothes. This indicates that she probably felt too hot and was trying to find relief. Massive blood loss causes a drop in body temperature, which led her to believe she was overheating in a manner similar to frostbite patients. The behavior she displayed was likely not a “psychotic” reaction but a form of paradoxical undressing.

https://www.nber.org/research/data/mortality-data-vital-statistics-nchs-multiple-cause-death-data

The Scarlet Survey, page 213 (by Kevin Sherlock)

[magnoliasforyourmedic]

I'd served thirty days of combat in Normandy, seventy-eight in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and thirty in Haguenau. And I wonder if, with war becoming such a part of you, you become like the Toyes and Guarneres of the world, people who lose a limb and yet have that phantom sensation that it's still there.

Sometimes, I couldn't get back to sleep. Or I'd just read or try studying at a desk, not that I was very good at that. I couldn't concentrate like before the war. I'd be reading some book and suddenly realize Roe was sitting beside me. Malark, I'm sorry, but it's Skip . . . I feared my grades were slipping badly.

— Excerpt from Don Malarkey in his book, Easy Company soldier : the legendary battles of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers", regarding life after the war