# Getting shot in the stomach

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 21, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580 "2006-04-21T04:06:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580/41 "2006-04-22T09:40:26Z")

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> [@edwino](#):
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> I can go too. If you want to start a war stories thread, I got some good ones. We can have categories – disgusting, depressing, bizarre.

What if all my stories fit in all three?  
OK, not depressing.  
Wait. Maybe to an outsider they’d be depressing.

One of you start it. I’m hung over and I have my shodan test later in the morning.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580/42 "2006-04-22T14:04:34Z")

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> [@gabriela](#):
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> What if all my stories fit in all three?  
> OK, not depressing.  
> Wait. Maybe to an outsider they’d be depressing.
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> One of you start it. I’m hung over and I have my shodan test later in the morning.

ok, so I’m thinking MPSIMS?

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580/43 "2006-04-22T14:28:38Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> ok, so I’m thinking MPSIMS?

So, where is it? I checked over in MPSIMS, nothing yet. Make it good. 😃

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580/44 "2006-04-23T00:39:03Z")

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You guys are talking about [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=368469), right?

Ok, I’ve written the chapter, and I think it works. However, I’m a little hazy as to the _precise_ side effects of recovering from massive blood loss. So I made stuff up (as all writers do, lol) about how his body chemistry’s totally out of whack, and he suffers hot flashes/cold chills occasionally, and also has a minor pulmonary embolism which is painful, but doesn’t require surgery. Also, how his 3½-week hospital stay is mostly for prevention, watching for signs of infection and/or blood clotting. Thank God he’s got a good HMO. 😃

Any other details I should be aware of?

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**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-shot-in-the-stomach/353580/45 "2006-04-23T02:53:43Z")

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If he had a symptomatic PE while in the hospital, it’ll be likely that he’ll be on blood thinners (coumadin or low molecular weight heparin) for at least a few months afterward. If he threw the clot early enough that anticoagulation was contraindicated due to the risk of postop bleeding, he may have had a wire basket filter placed in his vena cava if clots were identified in his legs.

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