swollen mess. she has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think she s had some complications here. yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes that s what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infection in the abdomen that allowed contamination of the
but a lot of this has to do with overeating because this is the holiday season. you have all the food, cake, alcohol, et cetera. all of those causes what we call acid reflux because the stomach gets distended, acid goes up and it can present the same exact way as heart attack. so they come in. basically it is just overeating. what i tell a lot of people is drink a lot of water before you go out to your parties. that fills up your stomach. you re not going to be as hungry. also making sure that you just take some time between your second round of food and small portions, small pieces and take your time. if you try to treat what you believe is acid reflux and not having relief, definitely go to the doctor because it could in fact be a heart attack. absolutely. you know what makes it worse? alcohol. we re drinking a lot of wine and alcohol. that s another reason. i m not against alcohol during this holiday season. i think when you go out if you have two or three glasses socially it is
swollen mess. she has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think she s had some complications here. yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes that s what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infection in the abdomen that allowed contamination of the abdominal cavity, which then
toxins and bacteria circulating in the blood basically caused the heart to stop functioning. that fluid coming out of there? she had recent surgery and it looks like she s got some infection going on in her abdomen. so i just want to document a little bit of this before we continue on. the smells are pretty intense and it s something that all of us here are used to. it s not pleasant. man, her intestine is just a swollen mess. she has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think she s had some complications here.
any kind. correct. but there was another person who parked next to me who saw at the end of the complex, a young man sprinting away. his wife thought he had stolen something before they arrived on the scene, as fast as he could. looked to be the same age. i don t imagine he was totally alone. shepard: there have been reports throughout the day that the authorities are investigating the possibility of other suspects. so far we don t know of that. we re waiting for a police news conference to begin at the top of the hour. doctor, by chance did you see the 9-year-old daughter who died in the hospital today? i did. i did. she was being given c.p.r. i don t know where she was shot. but at the point that i saw her again, there is not much to do, shep, in a situation like that other than to quell the bleeding and do c.p.r., if the pulse and breathing stops. she was given c.p.r. her stomach was distended.