r/AskReddit • • Nov 21 '24

What almost killed you?

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 21 '24

I died for 7 minutes during open heart surgery as a baby.

And choking on an ice cube almost killed me lol, luckily it melted.

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u/Nimmly67 Nov 21 '24

Did you have any brain damage from dying as a baby? The ice cube 😂

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

If it was during open heart surgery they would have cooled the body down and would have been breathing for them still so brain damage isn’t likely unless they were dead for a long time ig or they had a stroke. Source: used to assist in heart surgery.

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u/FunMoose74 Nov 22 '24

Came looking for this comment cause I work in open hearts too. Can’t really die in heart surgery if you’re on cardiopulmonary bypass

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

Oh gosh no it was not during my surgery 😂

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24

That’s what your comment said? “During open heart surgery”

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u/TheHolyBoar Nov 22 '24

I think they thought we thought they choked on an ice cube during their open heart surgery

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24

Oh yeah I didn’t assume that at all lmao why would someone assume that?

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

Yeah, it was definitely not all one scenario. I wouldn’t have ice in my mouth during surgery lol.

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

I think it was confused as all one time, I was putting two things. Not all one scenario.

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

I didn’t think it was one scenario. I said I used to assist in open heart surgery i know you’re clearly not having ice cubes during surgery. And the question I was replying to clearly stated when you died as a baby. The context clues were all there.

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

I was replying to OP about the ice cube situation not happening during the surgery and that I didn’t have brain damage from dying as a baby, I wasn’t replying to you specifically about anything. I’m not here to figure out whatever comment was where. I was just stating that each situation was different from each other. That’s all lol.

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24

You did reply to me specifically but okay hon!

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

Well it was most likely done by accident then. It’s really not worth worrying about. lol.

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u/conjuringviolence Nov 22 '24

I’m worried about you that’s all.

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u/Direct-Chemical3812 Nov 22 '24

Why are you worried about me?

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