Joan Rivers in critical condition after cardiac arrest during surgery

[Holly_Hobby]

8:49 AM PT -- The NYPD tells us ... Joan is currently in critical condition.

We're told ... at one point, Joan's heart stopped beating.

It's unclear if doctors were able to restart the comic's heart.

8:15 AM PT -- We're told an emergency call was placed to 911 at 9:39 AM ET and the caller said, "We have somebody in either cardiac or respiratory arrest."

http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/28/joan-rivers-hospitalized-not-breathing-medical-emergency/

On edit, more at link

[Capt. Obvious]

1. She has a heart?

Color me shocked.

Was it during plastic surgery?

[hollysmom]

2. my first thought was Plastic surgery?

[Jackpine Radical]

27. That was my first reaction too.

Then I was sorta ashamed of myself.

[Capt. Obvious]

31. When Robin Williams died

I thought, great we lose someone like him yet Joan Rivers is still alive.

[blm]

34. That's what Michael O'Donoghue used to say at funerals.

Usually at the expense of Chevy Chase and Steve Gutenberg.


When it was reported that Doug Kenney fell (or jumped) off a cliff in Hawaii, MO'D quickly asked, "Was he shaking hands with Chevy Chase at the time?"

[TwilightGardener]

41. Robin Williams was a decent man with a good heart.

That was a real loss. This? No.

[MoonRiver]

32. Sorry to say this, but it's true. I will not miss her when she's gone.

[Rex]

3. Well if she survives...she will have already made a joke about it for us to hear.

I hope she makes it. If this is from plastic surgery, she needs an intervention imo.

[roguevalley]

45. I bel;ieve it was throat surgery

[joeybee12]

4. Hmm...someone might die and we all joke...

I hope she comes out ok.

[FarPoint]

9. In all fairness... it is Joan's style

Some say it flattery.

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. Are you at all familiar with Joan Rivers' work?

[blm]

35. Rivers' humor can be fatalistic, too - it's OK - she knows she's not immortal

and that is what makes it OK.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. when hundreds of palestinians died, she wished more death on them

i don't know about you, but i save my sympathy for people who are not so callous about the death of thousands.

[3rdwaydem]

39. So do I. It's the humane thing to wish for.

[VanGoghRocks]

5. Buddha is NOT happy:

"Joan Rivers Stands Behind Comments About Gaza War Dead"

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/joan-rivers-stands-behind-comments-about-gaza-war-dead-n176591

[WI_DEM]

6. Don't like her but hope she survives and recovers.

[TwilightGardener]

7. She's a nasty human being. I don't care what happens to her.

[magical thyme]

10. hate to say it, but have to agree

I've been trying to attribute her hatefulness to onset of dementia or something to that effect. But she has been incredibly nasty. There will that much less hate floating around when she goes.

[brucefan]

11. And I hope

You don't believe in Karma

[m-lekktor]

22. or maybe this is kharma (you spelled it wrong) getting joan

for proclaiming Palestinians deserve to be dead.

[CBGLuthier]

26. Kharma or karma does not matter because it does not effect one's current life

If you are going to criticize someone for spelling the word (BTW you are wrong it is spelled KARMA) perhaps you should learn what the word actually means and not what people think it means.

kar·ma
ˈkärmə/
(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

So if she dies she will be born into a lower caste but otherwise her karma has no effect on this life.

The word you are thinking of is DHARMA and that is a whole other thing.

[wheniwasincongress]

29. Let's hope no one does

[abakan]

24. I'm with you...

I think she is a sick mean person who is well past her sell by date. I too do not care what happens to her but for the reading impaired, it does not mean I wish her dead. I do not and neither do you. Not caring means just that.

[MiniMe]

8. It was throat surgery. Apparently an x-ray showed a spot on her vocal cords

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/28/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/joan-rivers-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

However, at her age, all surgery should be done in a hospital. Too much that can go wrong if you are in a clinic. Nothing wrong with clinics, but better to be safer at her age.

[closeupready]

12. Not appropriate for DU's GD forum - more Lounge material

than GD.

[WI_DEM]

40. how is this different to all the posts in GD when Robin Williams died

or any other celebrity--Lauren Bacall--not that Rivers is dead, but when something like this happens to a celebrity it is something that will be discussed in GD whether we like it or not.

[malaise]

13. Is this the Obama hating Joan Rivers?

No comment.

[Iggo]

50. No, it's the dead-palestinian-orgasming Joan Rivers.

No other comment.

[lunasun]

52. Rivers Says Barack Obama Is Gay, Uses Trans Slur Against Michelle Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/05/joan-rivers-obama_n_5560091.html

[JaydenD]

14. I don't like her nastiness but

I hope she will be well or will not suffer much. I just can't cross that line to wish pain and suffering or removal from this planet on anyone. Except Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bushes, well, maybe a few.

[abakan]

25. Ha Ha Ha...

At least you have your priorities in order... Good on you!

[MohRokTah]

15. I hope she comes through okay. eom

[lpbk2713]

16. She's 81. Just going under anesthesia was a risk.

She must have needed or wanted that procedure pretty badly.

[Yavin4]

17. They have to call 911 DURING surgery?

They could not revive her there?

[TheMightyFavog]

21. Maybe she was having the procedure done in an outpatient clinic?

Which is kind of stupid for a woman her age, really.

[Yavin4]

42. Still. Shouldn't a clinic have the ability to revive a patient in cardiac arrest?

By the time an ambulance arrives, it may be too late. Cardiac arrest during surgery is a common risk.

[Chan790]

44. They do, generally.

One of the first things you still do however is call for an ambulance because no matter how good your clinic may be and how much you can do for them immediately...you're not a hospital and you don't have the same resources or tools available that they have in the ICU.

Revive, stabilize, transport is best case scenario. Worst case, you do as much as you can (defibrillation, rescue breathing, CPR, chest compressions) until you can get them transported to better resources where more can be done. Even if you've exhausted all options, it's better for a lot of reasons for them to be declared in the ER including transplant viability, ability for them to be manually kept alive until loved ones can arrive, and ease of arrangements. (People that die in uncertain circumstance generally require an autopsy, people that die in the hospital don't usually if cause of death is known. This can mean release of the remains as much as 5 days earlier.)

[RiffRandell]

23. My thought too.

She's in a hospital with doctors and nurses....weird.

[Barack_America]

43. Let's be honest, this was probably at a plastic surgery office.

[femmocrat]

18. MSNBC is reporting she is "stable, but critical."

Billy Bush on the Ronan Farrow show, 1:25 pm ET.

[GOLGO 13]

19. Oh Edgar! I went too far...again!

Bye

[The empressof all]

20. She seems to have a great publicist

Certainly wish her well and hope she makes a swift and easy recovery... But Breaking News? Jeeze.

[mnhtnbb]

30. If she survives, it could very well be the end of her career.

Post operative dementia is not uncommon for older people. It's a risk with
any surgery.

[Capt. Obvious]

33. Who was she wearing?

[cwydro]

36. I rarely agree with her

But I love anyone who speaks their mind

[Zen Democrat]

51. Really? Death to Palestinians, Obama is gay, and Michelle is a tranny? Really?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

38. i have as much sympathy for her as she does for Palestinians. nt

[roguevalley]

46. my hope is she lives, has a near death experience and comes out the

better person for it. Everyone I know including me who had one did that and its all for the good. I would enjoy Fashion Police but for her vile comments. What a sorry acting person. There will be lots of back stage high fives in entertainment for this. I would hate to think after 81 years, this would be the result of my own personal tragedies, that people would feel good about it. Sad commentary about her life.

[mackerel]

47. Does anyone have proof that it's really Joan Rivers? I think she died long ago. There is

an alien/creature that walks around claiming to be her. Nobody seems to care about this imposter.

[HomerRamone]

48. She was very funny when I saw her just a couple of years ago.

Some people get "crotchety" when they get old. It doesn't cancel out a lifetime of making people laugh. So she made fun of the Obamas--if she said GWB was gay and Laura a transsexual, I don't think people here would think she had sinned. The Palestinian thing was not funny (nor intended to be) but I wonder how my Jewish father would be if he were still alive (he'd be in his 80s now)...

[Enrique]

49. maybe she saw Obama's suit