By Kat_Styles - 19/07/2013 08:51 - United States - Dearborn

Today, my dentist dropped dead of a heart attack. This depressing event was made worse by the fact that he collapsed while his hands were in my mouth. FML
I agree, your life sucks 65 412
You deserved it 3 308

Kat_Styles tells us more.

Hey, OP here. So as a quick update, there are several things I want to add. 1. My dentist was 65, very healthy, and his passing was very unfortunate. But now he's with his wife, who passed away from breast cancer about three years ago. 2. It says 'Employee' at the top because my mother was one of his dental hygienists, and I had worked for him as a secretary for a few months before he died. 3. The dental hygienists in the office obviously started CPR right away. They even shocked him twice, but he wasn't responding to anything. Paramedics took him away in an ambulance, but nothing they did was successful. It's quite ironic because my dentist always used to joke that he required his hygienists to have lots of CPR training, etc, because he was the one who was going to need it. We always thought he was kidding, but unfortunately, that was exactly what happened. 4. For those of you saying 'she deserved it' or 'why didn't she start CPR,' or 'her breath killed him lol,' understand a few things. One, I don't see how I deserved it, but that's your opinion. Two, I'm 19, I don't know how to perform CPR, and within a minute, there were three certified, trained, professionals tending to him. Three, even if it was possible to kill someone with your breath, my mom is a dental hygienist. My teeth are quite nice, if I do say so myself. Thanks for all your nice messages, and I hope you never have to experience something as terrible as I did.

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Going to the dentist was bad enough as it is :/

y'all are so negative! leave her alone, shes nineteen, a dentist died while taking care of her, cut her some slack. OP - hope you never have to experience that ever again.. at least youve got nice teeth! use them to smile at the haters. xx

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We'll now you can say you've done everything

I'm an ER Nurse and I will tell you that CPR doesn't usually work unless you have the meds to push and even then doesn't always help. Also, contrary to popular belief a defibrillator cannot restart a flat line. There has to be some rhythm. Give the girl a break. If he was dead there was nothing she could do. And I'm sure it was quite traumatic for her.

I am a dentist that is 63 now. I am sure that it was a terrifying experience to have the Dr die while he was working on you. Dentistry is a very difficult profession to have with a lot of stress to deal with each day of work. I feel sorry for Op and wish her the best after this very traumatic experience.

I learned CPR at 14, OP. Maybe this unfortunate event will inspire you to learn

Coeliacchic93 21

oh just shut up, no-one cares when you learnt CPR, it wouldn't have worked on the dentist anyway. his death has nothing to do with her not knowing CPR. do you have ANY compassion for someone who had a traumatic event or do you have a rod completely up your ass?

And you just sat there and watched him die? Shame on you.

latinablanca 24

Tell me where the HELL in the FML it says this.

yosico22 16

What does age have to do with anything? I'm also 19 and I took a class and I'm certified for CPR. That was 2 years ago so I was even younger back then I was 17. So no that's not an excuse.

Hiimhaileypotter 52

OP never said it was an excuse. She's just saying that she's not certified for CPR. And the fact that you are isn't really relevant. Not everyone is or even has to be CPR-certified.

Is it possible that stranger things can happen?