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Originally Posted by Fairy1
Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but let's please stick to the case. It's emotional and frustrating, but surely we can be respectful to one another.
That said, I do want to point out that Diane was not a petite woman. I'm no expert, so I don't know how body weight factors into BAC results, but it may be worth taking into consideration when reviewing the tox reports.
She was ~200 pounds...that doesn't buy her an extra 10 drinks to get a buzz on.
Her organs may have been unremarkable because she was a relatively young woman (36) or that her drinking problem was not decades old. If she was drinking at night, her body's repair mechanisms would be mitigating the damage during the day. If she stopped drinking during her 2 pregnancies and breast feeding, that would have give her liver time to regenerate. If she had a chronic drinking problem, I suspect it was less than 2 years' duration given the age of her youngest.
Well less than 50% of chronic heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, so liver damage is not a certainty.
http://www.hopkins-gi.org/GDL_Disea...DL_DC_ID=9AA60584-3607-4D15-A459-BD3F67A3A4A7
Since the liver is responsible for metabolizing fat, her evident bloat could well be evidence that her liver was otherwise occupied (e.g., getting rid of alcohol).
Originally Posted by Fairy1
Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but let's please stick to the case. It's emotional and frustrating, but surely we can be respectful to one another.
That said, I do want to point out that Diane was not a petite woman. I'm no expert, so I don't know how body weight factors into BAC results, but it may be worth taking into consideration when reviewing the tox reports.
I thought that too. I don't presume to be a doctor, and don't pretend to be one on the internet. After reading the autopsy results, I would expect to see some deficiencies in her kidney, liver, or pancreas if Diane was a alcoholic. Yet the autopsy indicated her organs were unremarkable.
OTOH, alcohol is basically empty calories - so if she happened to be a closet alcoholic, it could be the reason for the additional weight. I don't know what her eating habits were, so I'm merely speculating.
In any case, I do believe the reason for the accident is due to her drinking/pot smoking,
MOO
Mel
She was ~200 pounds...that doesn't buy her an extra 10 drinks to get a buzz on.
Her organs may have been unremarkable because she was a relatively young woman (36) or that her drinking problem was not decades old. If she was drinking at night, her body's repair mechanisms would be mitigating the damage during the day. If she stopped drinking during her 2 pregnancies and breast feeding, that would have give her liver time to regenerate. If she had a chronic drinking problem, I suspect it was less than 2 years' duration given the age of her youngest.
Well less than 50% of chronic heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, so liver damage is not a certainty.
http://www.hopkins-gi.org/GDL_Disea...DL_DC_ID=9AA60584-3607-4D15-A459-BD3F67A3A4A7
Since the liver is responsible for metabolizing fat, her evident bloat could well be evidence that her liver was otherwise occupied (e.g., getting rid of alcohol).