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23 Doctors Had Patients That Miraculously Survived The Impossible

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After seeing some CT scans of lungs in severe COPD. It’s like there is no normal lung tissue, just huge air pockets. It is hard to see how they exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide at all.

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Had an 8 year old kid on a ripstick lose control & roll into the path of an oncoming SUV in his neighborhood. He was hit by then run over by it. We arrived to find him face down under the vehicle, unconscious, barely breathing. He had: bilateral femur fractures, one lower leg fracture, multiple rib fractures, a blown pupil, and open skull fracture, subdural brain bleed, a tension pneumo (air escaping lungs into the chest cavity- will squish the lungs & heart if untreated), & when we were bagging him (breathing for him) we felt subcutaneous emphysema (free air that crackles like bubble wrap) in his hip… yes- hip. We flew him to the children’s hospital. He was in a coma for days & had to have multiple surgeries, but made a complete recovery.

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Saw a guy with a machete lodged up into his skull. Asked him if he was ok (not sarcastically, just threw a generic question to check his ability to respond), he said “yup!”

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Encountered a woman that was shot blank in the head by her boyfriend. Bullet entered one of her eye sockets and exited above her and ear on the same side. She called 911 on her own and survived, was in ICU for weeks, and testified against the bastard who is now thankfully in prison!

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.