Normally, I try to stay out of discussion like this, but I saw my buddy dyssman's post get deleted, when it was just saying the truth I got a little annoyed. First of all, people need to stop being condescending as all the fake sympathy annoys me a bit. Realize that this is a game, we all play for fun, and interactions are part of it. However, lets not pretend we suddenly care about the person as an individual if we have never come to meet and know this person, like some people here are doing with their prayers and angels. A dying kid in Kenya is the equivalent of this, so I hope Im making my point with this analogy. People who have played with Ladylee, i can see where your coming from, but those who havent, why pretend? No one is gonna know of your kindness behind the anonymity that is the Internet.
Secondly, this whole sickness looks like a sham to me, and I will explain why, as I will not flame baselessly. Let me preface by saying that I used to play a game called Utopia, and the community is arguably even tighter than the TW one. What happened was a young man supposedly died, so the whole gaming server went into mourning for him. As a result, a few locals wanted to raise some donations to send a flower basket to the funeral. They went to check the local newspaper for further information, but found nothing. The situation looked murky, and upon further investigation, they realized the person had not died, but merely wanted an excuse to quit the game but did not have the balls to straight up tell the community and friends. As a result of this incident, it has taught me the Internet and its anonymity is a powerful thing and you should at least do some research and draw from your own experience before concluding, and here is what I will do:
Firstly, am I the only person who noticed the GentALman Jack spelling error on the picture that thanks the TW community? That is a blatant dodge to divert attention from the situaion to pretend it was made by the daughter. Let us pretend for a second, it was an honest mistake. Looking at the photo, the girl looks 6-7 years old at most, so that is understandable. However, then we are to believe that this same girl is coping perfectly fine as her mother lays in the hospital with a supposedly serious condition? Ok, lets again assume you buy this as well but this is where I started to doubt it, as I work extensively with children being an aspiring pediatrician, so I present further material.
I read the letter that Acidgod posted that was supposedly sent to him by LL's daughter, written by Gentleman Jack, and I noticed 2 things. First, he claims LL was diagnosed with Hypoxia. Being a predmed student, I know what hypoxia is, and i highly doubt a doctor would diagnose the condition of Lady Lee wrong. So I looked into the condition that is Hypoxia further in my textbooks and on the Internet. Dismissing specifics here because not everyone here is an aspiring surgeon, Hypoxia is indeed a shortage of oxygen, like GJ explained. However, the causes of Hypoxia are changing of altitudes and your body does not acclimate to the surroundings and therefore you are left gasping for air and lack oxygen ie, parachuting or mountain climbing. The word we are looking for to describe LL's condition is Hypoxemia, if we're strictly talking about low oxygen in blood. Both words look similiar, but easily mistaken if not handled by a someone knowledgeable. I link wikipedia here because its simple to understand and even if its not accurate, people shoud start to see it for themself now in my opinion:
"A frequent error is to use the term hypoxia to mean low oxygen content in arterial blood. The correct term for low oxygen content in arterial blood is
hypoxemia. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical)
Further dissecting GJ's post, there was a glaring sentence, in my opinion, that was obviously inconsistent with the grammar and structure of the writer and it was this line:
During recovery, psychological and neurological abnormalities such as amnesia, personality regression, hallucinations, memory loss, and muscle spasms and twitches may appear, persist, and then resolve.
So i googled it and it turns out it was directly lifted from this site:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/anoxia/anoxia.htm
So the symptoms described is from a case known as Cerebal Hypoxia, and what is it? According to that website, which is .gov so I trust its accuracy,
What is Cerebral Hypoxia?
Cerebral hypoxia refers to a condition in which there is a decrease of oxygen supply to the brain even though there is adequate blood flow. Drowning, strangling, choking, suffocation, cardiac arrest, head trauma, carbon monoxide poisoning, and complications of general anesthesia can create conditions that can lead to cerebral hypoxia.
Also, GJ says in his post LL doesnt need a breathing machine (sic), but according to that website for this condition:
Is there any treatment?
Treatment depends on the underlying cause of the hypoxia, but basic life-support systems have to be put in place: mechanical ventilation to secure the airway; fluids, blood products, or medications to support blood pressure and heart rate; and medications to suppress seizures.
So Lady Lee was a victim of the above circumstances? Ok, that might be possible, up to you guys to decide. But I also highly doubt someone who has just awoken from a near death experience would asks to get Internet to speak to a pack of strangers, whom I doubt she knows extremely well - at least not beyond the importance of son, daughter, husband who are at her bedside. I cannot wrap my head around that.
Again, Im not here to troll, but I just want people to make educated and informed opinions on situations instead of blindly giving out support. Thats not to see Lady Lee is not deathly ill, but in my opinion, its not happening. This is what I would conclude based on my experience in dealing with people, and from research I did. As for people who would ask me why someone wolud bother to fake their own death/illness, I can only guess their intentions, and frankly, your guess would be as good as mine and I'm not here to do that. Im just sharing my view and hopefully you will rethink your position.
Note, if a mod wants to delete it, thats fine, but I dont believe I have flamed anyone or be direspectful. Also, these views are my own, and not of my tribe. If you guys feel like 'rimming' me because of my 'direspect', by all means do so. This is a game to me, and attacks are part of it, so I am not gonna cry about it.
