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Factfinder2 ago

I don't know whether you've ever seen Heather's death certificate: PDF (scroll down past birth certificate) http://www.autopsyfiles.org/reports/deathcert/orourke,%20heather_dc.pdf

Notice that the problem was actually in her small intestine, which is where Giardia usually wreaks its havoc. It can lead to IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). Crohn's is one type of IBS.

Giardia: https://www.medicinenet.com/giardia_lamblia/article.htm (Note it says individuals who practice anal/oral sex may become infected.)

Crohn's disease: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn's_disease

Heather's immediate causes of death were:

A) Cardio-respiratory arrest.

B) Suspected septic shock.

C) Acute bowel obstruction.

The bowel obstruction was likely in the small bowel because the other significant condition contributing to death was stenosis (narrowing) of the small intestine.

An exploratory laparotomy (opening the abdomen to search for the cause of a problem) was performed on her date of death, 2/1/1988. A bowel resection (removal of a section of bowel) was also performed, presumably due to the stenosis.

She died at 2:43 pm (1443 hours). It doesn't say what time the surgery was performed, so she might have died during surgery.

When she died, her bowel had been obstructed for 36 hours, so a day and a half before she died. She was in septic shock for six hours, so that could have begun before or after surgery. She was in cardio-respiratory arrest for 30 minutes, likely the amount of time that they spent trying to revive her before calling the time of death.

Incredibly sad.

darkknight111 ago

I believe those articles don’t debunk the blind.

They do however give me a theory about the incident. I’ll get into more detail later.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479362/ IBS CAN be caused by sexual abuse (it is a POTENT contributor to it too).

3141592653 ago

Very important article. Good find. Where can I read the rest of it?