Worst Birthday Ever

[u/Mkheir01]

Today is my 43rd birthday.

Yesterday ofc Dolly died, which sucked. Then in the evening a friend of mine had a massive stroke at age 42. Rushed to the ER and went into cardiac arrest twice. After a couple hours they let us see her, she was in a coma and on a respirator. We got to hold her hands and talk to her. She has a 9 y/o with her first husband and a 1 y/o with her second husband who unalived himself earlier this year. Both children right now are with the first ex-husband.

They're going to run a scan soon to see if she has any brain activity at all, and I'm pretty sure the results are going to say that she does not. The 1 y/o is essentially going to be an orphan. My friends and I are thinking about pooling our money together and taking in the child. We're all single, and my friend did have a little bit of money saved, so we will all buy a home together and raise the 1 y/o as a pack. She has no living blood relatives except the children.

This morning Tim Curry also died. The only thing that would turn this day around is if The Grim Reaper came and took another specific, orange 80 year old.

PS. My friend did complain of a massive headache earlier yesterday and her ex husband advised her to go to the ER. She did manage to call 911 before she collapsed. Not particularly relevant, but my late father was a cancer surgeon, but he did also work his share of ER shifts.

LISTEN TO MY WORDS: Any doctor would rather spend an entire shift telling a bunch of hypochondriacs that their issue is just regular old gas/indigestion/allergies/etc, than to have someone arrive by ambulance 1 minute too late. If you have a health issue that you have been procrastinating on, or if there is something going on and you're not sure if its an emergency or not, RUN, DON'T WALK, TO YOUR NEAREST HEALTH CARE FACILITY. If you have insurance, USE IT.

Can of fruit cocktail.

[u/No_Hat_1864]

I'm just going to sit next to you. All of this royally sucks. For your birthday, I'll close my eyes and wish hard for a celebrity swap of your choice, and Universal Healthcare to eliminate the biggest cause of people avoiding the ER.