felt like they were paralyzed. not long after i arrived at the hospital the initial hospital i was at, then my left leg came back and i gained feeling in it but at the initial time i couldn t feel either leg so i did drag myself. how long were you in the hospital? i was on anddídót for about nine months. i had 17 major surgeries in the nine months. and you were shot in the hip, the leg, what i understand is that this was really life-threatening where the bullet penetrated and what it did to your body. this was life-threatening. they had you in induced coma. yes. when i was first hit i thought oh, it wasn t so bad, i was hit in the leg area. but, as far as i knew, it was pretty bad. i mean, i lost so much blood that was one of the biggest areas, according to the doctors that carries your blood flow through. so i had multiple blood transfusions at the time. you are tough and i
leg. a lot of it was kind of the leg area, knees and stuff. but, yoe, we were fine. and at stillwater medical it was a little chaotic but a lot of people were coming in, bringing in food, and they had a plan and they knew that a lot of them were needing to come down to the trauma one center here. so they all did a great job. going once. twice. yes, sir. come on up. yes. you bet. i just want to emphasize how important the trauma center is to the state. events like this are tragedies, but and these people were badly injured, but these were not the most severely injured patients brought to our trauma center yesterday, nor were they
powerful allegations about murray s actions and inaction. let s go to ted rollins in los angeles. what s the latest, ted? well, joe, it was a compelling day in court so far. it continues this afternoon here in los angeles. all day, it has been alberto alvarez, the director of lodgistics for michael jackson and he has taken the jury inside the jackson house during those critical moments of chaos while jackson was lying on his bed. he describes the scenario where he gets a call, rushes in, sees murray in the room. sees jackson laying there with his mouth open. he also testified that murray asked him to help him collect bottles of propofol. i believe dr. conrad murray had the best intentions for mr. jackson, so i didn t question his authority. at the time. i knew it was a medical emergency, so i proceeded to follow mr. conrad murray s instructions. okay. what did you think when did you think these items were being packed up for? i thought we were packing, getting ready
i would expect him to go back strong. it sounds like that s his personality. larry: do you expect him to be as active as he was. i do. i love president clinton, and like all of us, i m delighted that he s okay. i expect him to be as vigorous as ever. larry: dr. gupta, clinton s doctor said he showed no evidence of any heart attack or damage to the heart, the prognosis excellent. would you call this procedure a big deal? well, you know, it s funny, surgeons always say there is no such thing as a simple procedure, just simple surgeons, so everything potentially has its risks for sure. compared to the operation he had back in 2004, this is much less in invasive. that obviously involved opening the chest. this is a puncture wound in the leg area, they thread a catheter up through the artery and sometimes you can have problems with that, but much less risky
larry: do you expect him, dr. ornish, to be as active as he was? i do. i love president clinton, and like all of us, i m delighted that he s okay. i expect him to be as vigorous as ever. larry: dr. gupta, clinton s doctor said he showed no evidence of any heart attack or damage to the heart, the prognosis excellent. would you call this procedure a big deal? well, you know, it s funny, surgeons always say there is no such thing as a simple procedure, just simple surgeons, so everything potentially has its risks for sure. compared to the operation he had back in 2004, this is much less invasive. that obviously involved opening the chest. this is a puncture wound in the leg area, they thread a catheter up through the artery and sometimes you can have problems with that, but much less risky than what he had done six years ago, larry. larry: jane, when i say the word bypass or stents or heart