Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Maine Man Hospitalized With Hiccups | Essentials

Maine Man Hospitalized With Hiccups

Hiccup & Toothless (2 of 2)
Hiccup & Toothless (2 of 2) by Brett Jordan
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What started as a case of the hiccups has landed a father of four in the hospital for more than a week. Micky Cheney, 39, was at work Nov. 5 making deliveries for UPS Inc.  when he started hiccupping,  according to his wife, Keri. “He thought they’d just go away, but a couple of hours later, he still had them,” said Keri Cheney, who lives in Acton, Maine, with her husband and children. The hiccups lasted all day and through the night. “The next thing you know, he’s puking,” said Keri Cheney. “I told him he had to go get checked out, but he was like, ‘What am I going to do, go to the ER and tell them I have the hiccups? ’” Cheney did see a doctor, but prescription drugs and all the breath-holding he could muster was no match for the constant contractions. On Nov.

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Micky Cheney

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.885391

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-0.0190256“He thought they’d just go away, but a couple of  hours later, he still had them,” said Keri Cheney, ...
-0.0267545“The next thing you know, he’s puking,” said Keri Cheney.
-0.0266006“The next thing you know, he’s puking,” said Keri Cheney. “I told him he had to go get checked out, but he was like, ‘What am I going to do, go to the ER and tell them I have the hiccups?’”
-0.39987“He’s lost 14 pounds since the time this started,” said Keri Cheney, ...
0.0397379“He’s lost 14 pounds since the time this started,” said Keri Cheney, adding that her husband was “in perfect health”
0.0799189Keri Cheney, adding that her husband was “in perfect health” before the ordeal. “He throws up about 10 times a day, and has little bouts without hiccups after being sick.  Then they  come right back.”
-0.0121269Keri Cheney, adding that her husband was “in perfect health” before the ordeal. “He throws up about 10 times a day, and has little bouts without hiccups after being sick.  Then they  come right back.” Strong sedatives help Cheney sleep, but the hiccups return “the second he opens his eyes,” his wife said. “It’s like some random, abnormal act of God.”
-0.18579“I just hope someone will figure out what’s wrong,” said Keri Cheney.
-0.169849“I just hope someone will figure out what’s wrong,” said Keri Cheney. “I’m tired of watching my husband suffer.”
0.0738819“I had kidney stones right after we got married and had to have surgery,” said Keri Cheney, ...
0.195027“I had kidney stones right after we got married and had to have surgery,” said Keri Cheney, who has spent the past seven nights curled up in a small chair beside her husband’s bed while their children stay with family members. “We haven’t had very good luck.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 11
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.4514509
  • Mean: -0.041040990909091
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Keri

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.361476

Dr. John Clarke

Overall Sentiment: -0.28252

Relevance: 0.14636

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-0.245759“The most miserable part, I think, would be the lack of sleep and the associated fatigue,” said Dr. John Clarke, ...
-0.120422“The most miserable part, I think, would be the lack of sleep and the associated fatigue,” said Dr. John Clarke, clinical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology in Baltimore. “And if you think about it, the muscles contracting are ones you use all the time but not with this amount of force. I’m sure it gets very sore and very uncomfortable.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.366181
  • Mean: -0.1830905
  • Standard Deviation: 0

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