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Shortly after the Butler earshot incident, he had the pill-pushing Ronny Jackson release a "summary" in lieu of an actual medical record or official report. Jackson mentioned in passing that a CT scan had been done as part of the post-shooting evaluation at Butler Hospital. Although obviously negative for anything specific to the shooting, I would be extremely interested in what the scan may have revealed about the general status of his brain. Given all the legitimate concerns about his cognitive decline, did the scan show evidence of anything like diffuse white matter disease, mini-strokes, etc.? You just know that if the scan was "perfect," he and his handlers would have put it out there right away. What's he hiding, and why is the media ignoring the existence of this potentially important data?
doc03
(36,220 posts)BlueKota
(2,975 posts)It was full of wind. Damned Democrats.
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meow2u3
(24,878 posts)From 2018
orleans
(34,541 posts)magicarpet
(15,791 posts)Dizzy Dean, the ball player, was beaned by a pitch. There was some concern and a medical examination was performed.
News headline read "X-rays of Dean's head reveal nothing".
Edit to add: Dizzy was not hit by a pitch. He was struck by an errant throw while base running.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,219 posts)bucolic_frolic
(45,767 posts)There was NOTHING THERE!
birdographer
(2,164 posts)The initial scan showed what appeared to be a family of squirrels chewing through wires in the frontal lobe, and hundreds of bees buzzing around the rest of the cranial area. There was the appearance of normal brain matter in a lower section, roughly the size of a walnut. Medical staff agreed not to reveal this finding at this time.
Doodley
(9,902 posts)DoBW
(1,629 posts)no credibility at this point... talk to Hannibal about it
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FakeNoose
(34,704 posts)bluesbassman
(19,660 posts)But Ken Paxton and other red state AGs have no problem demanding medical records from out of state hospitals for reproductive care and gender affirming care to people who have gone there seeking medical care they cant receive in their home state.
Tanuki
(15,102 posts)Ronny Jackson is a cypher in all of this. I am not suggesting that he be questioned about it. We are all familiar with HIPAA. However, when a man with obvious cognitive impairment is itching to get his finger on the nuclear button and is bent on establishing an authoritarian autocracy, I would think there would be some discussion of an existing CT scan and pressure on him to authorize its release directly from his medical file. We deserve to know just what it is that he is hiding.
mitch96
(14,428 posts)Last edited Sat Sep 7, 2024, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)
This is normal getting on in years (78) and might be his reason for acting "weird" with a bit of dementia going on.. The "crazy grandpa" syndrome.
Pics of a normal brain and a hydrocephalic brain on the right. Notice the increase of black on the right. This is an increase of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) collection taking up the space where the normal brain tissue has
"left the building"...
A thought..
barbtries
(29,406 posts)the scan probably revealed the presence of dementia.
Orrex
(63,733 posts)Wiz Imp
(324 posts)Until it is confirmed by the hospital or doctor(s) themselves, I would guess there was no CT scan.
AllyCat
(16,774 posts)For looking at hard structures like bone. Would show if his brain was nonexistent or shrunken though.
sinkingfeeling
(52,575 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,650 posts)surfered
(1,924 posts)twodogsbarking
(11,631 posts)judy
(1,947 posts)Trump's ear doesn't show any damage, and the Convention bandage was ridiculous. What Ronny Jackson says should be taken with a whole shaker of salt...
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BoRaGard
(2,139 posts)and they'll ramp that evil lying controlling shit up if they can get their greasy hands on Real Power again.
liberal N proud
(60,790 posts)Wednesdays
(19,244 posts)Debatable.
Tanuki
(15,102 posts)If there really is a scan, and it shows significant pathology, that is huge. If there's no scan, Ronny Jackdson is guilty of a severe breach of ethics for attesting that there was one. I'm not willing to just shrug this off with "meh, there's probably not really a scan." I find the lack of curiosity about this puzzling.
chouchou
(1,115 posts)Warpy
(112,767 posts)They're great for tumors, cysts and bleeds but not so great at picking up very subtle changes. Most likely Jackson ordered this one because he wanted a baseline CT scan. A rrepeat scan in a couple of years will most likely show changes when compared to this one, but most likely this one was completely normal.
IOW, we haven't heard about it because right now there is nothing going on inside his head. But we knew that.
Tanuki
(15,102 posts)had him look over the records from when Trump was taken to Butler Hospital after the shooting and write a "summary letter" even though he was not involved in any way. He mentioned in passing that Butler's post-shooting workup included a head CT but didn't say anything else about it. Jackson's letter was clearly intended to stop people from asking to hear from the hospital ream who actually examined him after the shooting incident.
Don't you think that if the scan had been "completely normal," he would have made a point of saying so?
Warpy
(112,767 posts)because even if TFG had raging Covid brain, a CT wouldn;'t have shown much, if anything. It doesn't show small clots or small infarcts.