Did you read what happend to Anna Nicole Smith?

[lies and propaganda]

so horrifying and sad...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091100060.html

It seems she gave birth to a baby girl and three days later her 20 year old son mysteriously died.

I cant even begin to imagine that happening to me, Im literally scared to have kids because then you have these possiblities.

[Bluebear]

1. Horrible! :(

[Kadie]

2. I read that this morning.

Very very sad.

[gollygee]

3. I saw that

it is really terribly sad :(

I saw that awful show she had for a while and he seemed like a nice kid.

[Connie_Corleone]

4. Yeah. Just awful

He seemed to be a pretty good kid when I saw him on that reality show with her.

[lies and propaganda]

9. Yeah, he seemed way more normal that one would have expected.

[W_HAMILTON]

5. I read somewhere else that it was an undiagnosed heart defect

Is it just me, or has there been a lot of deaths like that lately? I wonder if it is something that has been increasing, or we are just hearing more about it now? It seems like there has been many people in the news who have died of something like this recently. I can think of a few football players, and one basketball player. I know some people speculated illegal drugs in those cases, but who knows. There's definitely been far too many young people dying like this lately, that's for sure.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. I guess I read the sensational version

It said he was in the room with his mother and new sister when he suffered a massive heart attack. It even went so far as to say she (Smith) tried to revive him herself.

Very sad that she lost her son, no matter how it happened.

[lies and propaganda]

8. I couldnt imagine outliving my kids

I would suppose that is every parents worst fear.

[malaise]

10. Sad indeed n/t

[eggbeater]

7. As horrible as that is

Do not ever let the fear of would could be keep you from experiencing life to its fullest.
Every thing we do is a chance for disaster. You could get whacked by a bus just walking out to pick up your mail.

Have kids, experience the love and the work that it takes to raise them.
The chance of the benifits are much greater than the chance of the risks.


besides, the more dems we bring into the world, the better off we are.


unless you get one of those rebel children that decide to make themselves republican....

sorry, didnt mean to swear.

[lies and propaganda]

11. HAHAH! Am i having sex with the devil now??

I want them, sometimes it seems so selfish to bring a baby into a world with war and molesters and republicans.

[eggbeater]

12. with war and molesters and republicans.

Do you always repeat yourself like that?:D

[CottonBear]

13. How horrrible and tragic. So very, very sad.

I feel so badly for her and her family. :( She seemed to be back on track career-wise. She was happy, she had a new baby girl and then this. Her son seemed like a great young man. :(

[Pachamama]

14. I can't even imagine the sadness and devastation she is feeling at a time

when she should have been sharing the joy of his newborn sister with him! :cry:

Think what you want about Anna Nicole Smith...but the bottom line is she is a human being, a mother and she just lost her child. This is so horrible and my sympathy and heartfelt condolences go out to her.

:hug:

[shireen]

15. a guess

pulmonary embolism, blood clots in his lungs. He was in a plane for a long time just prior to visiting his mom. This is known as "economy class syndrome" but it could just as easily strike someone in 1st class. Some people have blood disorders that make the blood more viscous, and easier to clot. This can happen if a person has been sitting or lying in one position for very long periods of time. Unfortunately, the clot sometimes breaks off and can clog a major organ to block off blood supply, which is often the lungs. Usually, there are symptoms to warn of a clot, like a swollen leg where the clot has formed (DVT, Deep Veinous Thrombosis). Poor kid ....

[DUgosh]

16. Deep vein thrombosis is what took Kephra

from us here at DU ;(