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Canadian patient oozes green blood

Jun 10, 2007 3:20AM PDT
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Doctors at Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital came across something highly illogical when they tried to put an arterial line into a patient about to undergo surgery: his blood was dark green.

I suspected they were not quite human up there.

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Patient's name was "Popeye"... worked as a sailor...
Jun 10, 2007 3:32AM PDT

... turns out it was a strange affliction caused by an exotic food.

Wink

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(NT) Oh! I thought maybe it was Milburn Drysdale.
Jun 10, 2007 10:07AM PDT
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(NT) LOL... I forgot about Mr. Drysdale!
Jun 10, 2007 2:55PM PDT
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I wonder if that is where....
Jun 10, 2007 5:57AM PDT

........ the expression, "he turned green" came from.

Seriously, this is the first time I had heard of the rare event. Interesting!

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(NT) Did they also treat him for Pon Phar? ;-)
Jun 10, 2007 6:30AM PDT
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(NT) 7 years already? I have a headache.
Jun 10, 2007 6:56AM PDT
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95 years married and always with the head aches? ;-)
Jun 10, 2007 2:56PM PDT

Hi ya Cindi!

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(NT) Hiya Grim. Very nice to see you! :-)
Jun 11, 2007 1:00AM PDT
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Must have been a resident of ...
Jun 11, 2007 12:21AM PDT