Well, on the contrary I think myself (and others here) are basing it on a lot more than just the missing birthday card!

I mean if you want to try to invoke a fictitious image/scenario, of the husband gallantly saving the lives of thousands of starving children everyday, like a superhero... to try to prop him up...

And that explains why he couldn't bring his wife a birthday card or gift, to her on her BIRTHDAY, at a time when she's in the hospital and has just had body parts amputated...

Well... ok... but... I just don't think that's a likely reason why he didn't bring her a birthday card during that highly vulnerable time in her life!

AS SUCH:

I really can't say that I find it all too surprising that the big "D" word leaps to some people's mind about this situation and story!

As for you saying, "I see a lot of medical issues"... yes!

Exactly!

And that's the whole point for many of us here:

She was vulnerable recently, having body parts lopped off by doctors. Things such as severe infection, and/or possibly necrotizing fasciitis, or trauma due to mechanical accidents (such car accidents, or farming equipment accidents), can be among the more common reasons for such a procedure.

So hey who knows what the specific medical issue was.... but does it really matter? The point is: it was serious enough that doctors needed to perform some rather drastic surgeries.

I mean imagine waking up with some of your fingers gone and missing!

That's VERY serious stuff.

And in response...

He doesn't even want to buy her a $400 wedding ring after she survived such procedures, and what might have been one of her most vulnerable moments in life!?