Marine sacrifices finger to save wedding ring

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 13, 2004 4:44 pm

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/12/ma ... index.html

A1A BOUND · Post by **A1A BOUND** » December 13, 2004 4:56 pm

Wife wrote: At first I was mad when he told me, but then I realized how lucky I am to have him in my life.

youve got ta be *hittin me!

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 13, 2004 4:57 pm

You can get a new ring.

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » December 13, 2004 4:58 pm

tikitatas wrote:You can get a new ring.

They're gonna have to:

"With his approval, doctors severed his finger, but somehow in the chaos that followed, they lost his ring."

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 13, 2004 5:02 pm

What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 13, 2004 5:03 pm

land_shark3 wrote:What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?

He's 19 . . . got a LOT more livin' to do!!!!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 13, 2004 5:04 pm

tikitatas wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?
He's 19 . . . got a LOT more livin' to do!!!!

And they met at 14... in middle school.

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » December 13, 2004 5:08 pm

land_shark3 wrote:How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?

He might've been anesthetized during the amputation.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 13, 2004 6:43 pm

Elrod wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?
He might've been anesthetized during the amputation.

Yeah, it sounded like the medical staff misplaced the ring....

On a similar note, if you're assigned to a ship, it's a dangerous place to wear a ring at all. Lots of folks who choose to wear their ring in that environment have it notched on the inside so that if if catches on something, the ring will break instead of tearing off the finger.

If I were the young man's senior, I wonder if I might have been tempted to cold cock him, knock him out, and let the docs make the best decision! (j/k...... sorta.....

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Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » December 14, 2004 5:14 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:If I were the young man's senior, I wonder if I might have been tempted to cold cock him, knock him out, and let the docs make the best decision! (j/k...... sorta..... )

[note]
don't work for Jen
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IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » December 14, 2004 7:43 am

Sidew13 wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:If I were the young man's senior, I wonder if I might have been tempted to cold cock him, knock him out, and let the docs make the best decision! (j/k...... sorta..... )
[note]
don't work for Jen
[/note]

Jen is scarring me......

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 14, 2004 7:58 am

IsleReef wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:If I were the young man's senior, I wonder if I might have been tempted to cold cock him, knock him out, and let the docs make the best decision! (j/k...... sorta..... )
[note]
don't work for Jen
[/note]
Jen is scarring me......

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 14, 2004 4:52 pm

land_shark3 wrote:
tikitatas wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?
He's 19 . . . got a LOT more livin' to do!!!!
And they met at 14... in middle school.

without even reading the CNN piece.. tell me this is not a WV/KY kid?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 14, 2004 4:56 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:
tikitatas wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?
He's 19 . . . got a LOT more livin' to do!!!!
And they met at 14... in middle school.
without even reading the CNN piece.. tell me this is not a WV/KY kid?

California

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » December 14, 2004 5:06 pm

buffettbride wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:
tikitatas wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:What they aren't telling you is that he wanted that finger cut off so he would never have to wear the ring again.

How can you ask a doctor to cut your finger off so as not to damage the ring and then misplace the ring you were saving?
He's 19 . . . got a LOT more livin' to do!!!!
And they met at 14... in middle school.
without even reading the CNN piece.. tell me this is not a WV/KY kid?
California

Ok now it makes sense. Those they are all a little off.

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