Tiffany Hildebrand

[Tiffany Hildebrand @Tiff_Hildebrand]

#RadondaVaught State investigators found Vanderbilt had a "heavy burden of responsibility" for a grievous drug error that killed a patient, but pursued criminal charges only against the nurse & not the hospital. It’s is a sad day to be a nurse. This sets a terrifying precedent.

[NPR @NPR]

RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse criminally prosecuted for a fatal drug error in 2017, was convicted of gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide after a three-day trial in Nashville, Tenn. https://t.co/iJICHZRbKA

[Ryan Hamilton @TheRyanHamilton]

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like.
Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out.
The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked.
I'll let you decide how you feel about that.
After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way.
The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?!
No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!".
Can you even imagine how that must feel?
The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck.
I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances.
So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved.
So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C.
They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home.
So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget.
She had to be rushed to the hospital.
By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out.
They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her.
Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD!
God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done.
If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view.
It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be.
If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

[Ashley Herd @Managermethod]

Glad Harrison Butker said the quiet part out loud so others can see how selfish attempts to take away from others’ moments are received.
Even more glad his mother didn’t listen to advice like this when she was graduating Smith College and becoming a physicist in oncology.

[Matt Wilson @CoachWilson66]

This video is the epitome of the type of guy that @David_Njoku80 is. 😍
#DawgPound #Browns

[Antonia @flaminhaystacks]

A woman can open foundations educating millions of children, donate a million books every month to children, help flood victims, open hospitals, fund a life saving vaccine and there will ALWAYS be men who contribute nothing to the world saying she should stay at home and do less

[Tiffany Hildebrand @Tiff_Hildebrand]

😭

[Cleveland Browns @Browns]

Deshaun Watson will undergo season-ending surgery on a broken bone in his throwing shoulder.

[LeBron James @KingJames]

DAMN MAN!!!! 🤦🏾‍♂️. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Nick Chubb. Praying for the absolute best

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

Pittsburgh thank you for making me feel sooooo at home in my home state. I mean… You broke the all time attendance record and we got to be the first tour to play your stadium twice. Thank you so much for everything this weekend. You were a mesmerizing crowd, like beyond 🥰😍 We’re coming for you next weekend Minneapolis!

PS Happy Father’s Day to all the dads but especially mine who is one of my best friends, helped meticulously glue every teeny tiny crystal onto my guitar and still never misses a show 💕

[Lexie Mannix, MD @ALMannixMD]

Seeing how much the world accepts that it’s impossible to move on after watching CPR really makes me think about how we (medical professionals, especially those who work in Emergency departments) are expected to just move on immediately after a code.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

The NFL has to cancel this game. Please. Every player on that field is now a cosurvivor of a horrifying medical trauma. They need to be with loved ones, not playing football.

[Tiffany Hildebrand @Tiff_Hildebrand]

@iliza I love you & I love this comedy special. The way you empower women & are still hilarious!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Iliza Shlesinger @iliza]

Tune in to @ABCNewsLive tonight!

[mir @mirdistheword]

I’m littering bc it’s Fletcher night

[FLETCHER @findingfletcher]

listening to midnights at 4 am in my bunk on a tour bus hits different

[sam @swieder13]

sorry but the shift in the universe that is currently taking place bc taylor swift wrote a song with the lyric “it’s me i’m the problem” when people used to be annoying and say “maybe taylor swift should write a song called maybe i’m the problem”

[Guardians Hot Dogs @CleHotDogs]

Don’t call.
Don’t text.
Don’t email.
Don’t tweet.

@taylorswift13’s new album just dropped and we’re deep in our feels. #MidnightsTaylorSwift

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

Midnights is a collage of intensity, highs and lows and ebbs and flows. Life can be dark, starry, cloudy, terrifying, electrifying, hot, cold, romantic or lonely. Just like Midnights. Which is out now

[Tiffany D. Jackson @WriteinBK]

Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…

[Austin Hall @Hallzy2015]

Absolute shit hole of a country. A bunch of 80 year old sorry ass excuses of human beings won't do anything to stop children getting gunned down in schools, but when it comes to controlling what a woman does with her body, take their rights away!!! What a joke.

[Graham Walker, MD @grahamwalker]

Just so we're clear: the pregnancy that ends up in the wrong spot, like the fallopian tube? The one that will NEVER turn into a baby and will rupture and kill your wife, daughter, or sister? Terminating that fetus is also an abortion, and they want to ban those, too.