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The DIY Dialysis Machine

Millie Kelly was born with a condition that required an immediate operation. During this operation her kidneys started to fail and since she was too small for dialysis machines, doctors told her parents that she was unlikely to live. Luckily for Millie, Dr. Malcolm Coulthard and a colleague tried to build a much smaller kidney machine on their own and they were successful. Her mother said, "It was a green metal box with a few paint marks on it with quite a few wires coming out of it into my daughter - it didn't look like a normal NHS one." The girl was hooked up to the machine over a seven day period to allow her kidneys to recover. Two years later, her mother Rebecca says she is "fit as a fiddle." You should see what Dr. Coulthard can build using a postage stamp, a tuning fork, a lawn chair and a jellyfish.

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  1. this lady need DIY plastic surgery and lyposuction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    what a cow!

  2. Re:WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And they could at least be hot. Ew. She shouldn't have been allowed to breed in the first place. That would have saved us from having to look at her now.

  3. Who would have thought by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That in a socialist utopia like the UK, the nationalised health service might have a hard time coming up with the right machine for the job? In the backwards, lawless, dysfunctional nation like the US surely they haven't even devised such a machine.

    Or, they have them available in children's clinics across the country ready to save young lives. Amazingly, the inefficient and dangerous US healthcare system has addressed this need without resorting to rogue doctors scratching parts together in garages to accommodate the health needs of the citizens.

  4. News for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Even if she dies, does anyone care?

  5. Re:this lady need DIY plastic surgery and lyposuct by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: -1, Troll

    The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'
    That's what I said
    The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
    Or so I have read

    My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
    I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

    Big bottom, big bottom
    Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
    Big bottom drive me out of my mind
    How could I leave this behind?

    I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day
    You know what I mean
    I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day
    You know what I mean

    My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
    Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah

    Big bottom, big bottom
    Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em
    Big bottom drive me out of my mind
    How could I leave this behind?

  6. Re:Wow by freeenix · · Score: -1, Troll

    It will never happen as long as the Jews are running the government. 90% of the lawyers are Jews. They need to make money. Capping malpractice limit cut their profits.

    We shall utilize our right under the 2nd amendment and defeat the U.S. zionist occupied government NOW!

  7. Re:Cut the fat, cut the risk. by aztektum · · Score: 0, Troll

    [quote]my wife wanted bananas while she was pregnant[/quote]

    And now you have a little chimpanzee bundle-of-joy!

    Thanks everyone, be sure to tip your waitress!!!!

    --
    :: aztek ::
    No sig for you!!
  8. Re:this lady need DIY plastic surgery and lyposuct by archammer2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod parent up for showing some love to the big girls!

  9. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I guess you haven't met John Edwards. Because if something is wrong, even if it's your fault, or your parent's fault, or just shit luck, somebody else should pay for it. Somebody with lots of liability insurance, like a doctor.

  10. GTFO! by Smidge207 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I, for one, saw a sweet, lovely FUCKING COW.

    That is all.

    =Smidge=

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    Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
  11. Re:STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I saw a picture even though I have my preferences set to the low bandwidth version and wondered "what the fuck?"

  12. Re:this lady need DIY plastic surgery and lyposuct by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Troll? You morons, he posted lyrics to a Spinal Tap song!

    Spinal Tap are shit!

  13. Re:Ugly guys shouldn't comment on appearance by kayditty · · Score: 0, Troll

    Shut up, nerd.

  14. Re:STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are welcome to your opinion, but please don't tell others to shut the fuck up. And why the heck did this get a +5? I'm moderating it flamebait, since it is a vulgar reply to flames and therefore a flame itself and should be kept at a lower level.

  15. Re:Ugly guys shouldn't comment on appearance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do I detect a hint of jealousy on your part?

    Just because you might be 300lbs with coke bottle glasses and a stupid haircut doesn't mean that everyone on Slashdot is. People shouldn't have to be all humble or lower their opinion of themselves because you can't handle it. There is nothing wrong with someone taking pride in how they look.

    Also, you're a hypcrite. You are calling someone else self-absorbed without realising that you are the one who comes off as arrogant. I couldn't care less if you were arrogant, but hypocrites need to eat shit and die. This means you.

  16. Re:STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are we looking at the same picture? The one I see is of an ugly chick and her ugly kid. Beauty is subjective. You may see a beautiful woman, not hard to believe. However, although you may not realize it yet, you are a homosexual. So you are looking at it from a different point of view than most of us.