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10/19/2012 09:50:57 PM · #1 |
Ok, so I'm still a cynic, but this story just really touched me.. .
//storify.com/emilysmithcnn/rabbit4nic
The original Facebook post read as follows:
"Nic is going for his Radiated Iodine therapy very soon and will be in isolation for up to 3 days, after which his PJ's and bedding will be incinerated. He will feel better with Rabbit (pictured) but unfortunately he will be incinerated too! We are desperately trying to find the same rabbit to act as a body double! He was bought at Woolies about 10 years ago. If anybody has one like this , I will happily buy it from you! please let me know.....we know Nic is always brave with his team mate!"
The post then went on to Twitter, and the response has been pretty darn awesome. |
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10/19/2012 10:17:07 PM · #2 |
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10/19/2012 10:44:17 PM · #3 |
Most people really are very good.
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10/19/2012 10:50:31 PM · #4 |
I have a huge bugs bunny that my grandmother made when I was very small...this thing stands 4 feet tall
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10/21/2012 08:30:51 AM · #5 |
my first tattoo was bugs bunny :D
what a great story cory. thanks.
guess this story made that ice around your heart melt a little ;) |
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10/21/2012 01:46:00 PM · #6 |
I don't understand why his clothes and doll need to be incinerated. Either he doesn't understand how RAI works or the hospital has incompetent staff. Unless the child in urinating over everything and they don't know how to wash things, there is absolutely no reason to set things on fire.
Methinks it's a father looking for sympathy using social media.
Message edited by author 2012-10-21 13:46:17. |
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10/21/2012 02:41:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Venser:
I don't understand why his clothes and doll need to be incinerated. Either he doesn't understand how RAI works or the hospital has incompetent staff. Unless the child in urinating over everything and they don't know how to wash things, there is absolutely no reason to set things on fire.
Methinks it's a father looking for sympathy using social media. |
Cory, THIS is how you do "cynic" |
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10/21/2012 05:17:52 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
Originally posted by Venser:
I don't understand why his clothes and doll need to be incinerated. Either he doesn't understand how RAI works or the hospital has incompetent staff. Unless the child in urinating over everything and they don't know how to wash things, there is absolutely no reason to set things on fire.
Methinks it's a father looking for sympathy using social media. |
Cory, THIS is how you do "cynic" |
I have a Ph.D. in physics. Although I'm not an expert in RAI, I do know how radioactive materials function and do their thing. I have a research paper on cancer while working at Princess Margaret Hospital, one of the leading places in the world for cancer research. Sure I was working on prostate cancer, the ideas are the same regardless. I spent the afternoon reading about RAI out of interest and still stand by my initial assessment.
So yeah I'm a cynic. I just see someone pulling at the heartstrings of others.
Message edited by author 2012-10-21 17:21:11. |
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10/21/2012 05:38:16 PM · #9 |
Im not as cynical as Venser, so in my readings (about 5 minutes worth), I found other references of patients being told that their clothes would need to be incinerated after treatment, including one person who was told he had to incinerate, but then read some 'new rules' stating he may not need to.
Im going to give the man the benefit of the doubt, and assume that he was advised by his medical team that the clothes and rabbit would need to be incinerated, and is doing what he can for the kid. Perhaps the hospital in South Africa is being overly cautious with the recommendation to incinerate, or they have not yet updated their practices with those of other hospitals. |
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10/21/2012 07:42:17 PM · #10 |
| So, when they incerate radioactive materials, how do they prevent the "hot" atoms from being dispersed into the atmosphere surrounding the facility and potentially affecting the general population? |
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10/21/2012 08:02:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So, when they incerate radioactive materials, how do they prevent the "hot" atoms from being dispersed into the atmosphere surrounding the facility and potentially affecting the general population? |
Are you saying we now all need to burn our clothes and rabbits? ...ok, done. .....brrr. it's cold in my office. ...and no rabbit to keep me warm. |
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10/21/2012 08:24:02 PM · #12 |
Oh, for heaven's sake, people! Do you need to over analyze everything???
Anyone who had read the velveteen rabbit knows that stuffed rabbits get incinerated!
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10/21/2012 09:05:43 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
So, when they incerate radioactive materials, how do they prevent the "hot" atoms from being dispersed into the atmosphere surrounding the facility and potentially affecting the general population? |
They use a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter on the exhaust of the incinerator. It's a method of reducing the volume of the radioactive waste. Fire does not change the amount of radioactive material.
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10/21/2012 09:12:53 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Venser:
I don't understand why his clothes and doll need to be incinerated. Either he doesn't understand how RAI works or the hospital has incompetent staff. Unless the child in urinating over everything and they don't know how to wash things, there is absolutely no reason to set things on fire.
Methinks it's a father looking for sympathy using social media. |
Sounds like someone needs a Sunny Bunny...
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