[daveeek]

The same thing happened in 28 days later, was Cillan Murphy's character the cure... No... it was just the start of the story.

And we now know what Renner told Rick.

[ThatKrazyGuy]

I hate to admit it, but that's the biggest unrealistic thing in the story (both comics and TV), but its one of those things that you just have to accept to enjoy the story.

In real life, Rick would've died in the hospital. Even if he didn't, he'd wake up dehydrated and starving - in agony - with human waste all over him and a catheter hanging out of his bladder. Nobody wants to even imagine that much less see that. Honestly, I'm a bit sicked just by describing the reality of that situation.

It's a fantastical story and sometimes we just have to accept things for what they are in order to tell a good story.

[Major Tom]

If you look up the pinned Timeline thread, it is all explained based on what has been said by the actors and producer. The last 4-5 posts in that thread makes it all fairly clear

[GirlsDeadMonster]

Interesting theory. I think a person can live 10 days without food but not with water or in this case, the IV drip. Anything beyond that shouldn't be possible.

[mswillow]

I worried about the catheter that would have been used for Rick during his coma - that definitely wasn't there. Plus, for those who believe that the soldiers didn't shoot Rick because he appears to be dead, I don't think that they actually opened his door - the guerney was still blocking the door where Shane had left it.  

I love this show. Rewatching from the start yet again! I'm up to 5 times for the two seasons now!

[Shushke]

Has no one ever heard the story about some guy who survived in the desert for around 40 days or so?  He had no food and barely any water.  Maybe Rick is like that guy.  I can't recall his name...

[CynicalVision]

The whole idea that Rick might be somehow immune to the virus has been debunked. Remember when Jenner asked for blood samples? He later said their results were "nothing out of the ordinary" (or something like that), meaning that he already suspected that everyone was infected.

[laurensessentials]

Okay so my nerdiness is showing a little but the question of how long Rick was in the hospital after Shane left him was bothering me too.  How long he was in there before that doesn’t really matter to me.  I just want to know how long did she morn for her husband before Lori’s character decided to have relations with Shane’s character.  So I looked up a bunch of medical sites and books and I think I have a realistic range of answers depending on how everything might have gone down.



First the statistics:

- 125ml/hour for healthy adult that is just dehydrated

- 2-3 day for a living healthy person to survive without water

- 10-14 days for a person in a coma to survive without fluids given through i.v.

- Most IV hydration bags are 1000 ml



Assumptions:

- Rick has been in the hospital for a while and so should be fully hydrated by the IV solution that is regularly given to him by the nurses in the hospital

- If a person is fully hydrated they need less ml of fluid ---- assuming same rate of difference of dehydration between healthy active person and a coma patient = (14days/2days = 7x) (so 125ml/7 = approaxamently 18ml per hour for a coma patient)

- Rick’s IV drip bag was just re-supplied and is completely full when Shane leave him



Conclusions:

This is best case scenario…

--The IV solution bag would last Rick 55.55hours or 2 ½ day (1000ml hydration bag/18ml per hour =55.55hours of hydration)

--After that the above statistics would indicate a maximum of 14 day without hydrating fluids or nourishment

--{so a total of 16-17 day from the point Shane leaves him to the point Rick wakes up}—

--more likely a week and a half because he was able to walk after he woke up



Not much time by our standards but in a post apocalyptic world where you could die at any moment…it probably felt a lot longer than that!  

Also, one of the earlier posts said Andrew Lincoln stated two weeks had past...which makes it possible that the continuity is with in a resonable time frame.

[Major Tom]

laurensessentials, on 14 November 2012 - 12:20 AM, said:

Okay so my nerdiness is showing a little but the question of how long Rick was in the hospital after Shane left him was bothering me too.  How long he was in there before that doesn’t really matter to me.  I just want to know how long did she morn for her husband before Lori’s character decided to have relations with Shane’s character.  So I looked up a bunch of medical sites and books and I think I have a realistic range of answers depending on how everything might have gone down.

I am surprised that a comatose person could survive 2 weeks after the IV goes dry but if the stats confirm that, I suppose it's possible,

As for how long Lori held out, When she and Shane were in the traffic jam heading for Atlanta, and witnessed the fire bombing, I got the impression she slept with him that night. So, how long was that after Shane hit the road with Lorie and Carl?

They were just a few hours drive from Atlanta. With traffic jams it might have been one or two days max before she did it with Shane. She believed Rick was dead and the world was coming to an end. Grief can sometimes be an aphrodisiac for some women and sleeping with someone soon after losing a husband is not as unusual as you might think.

Frankly I think she deserves no criticism for this. Her Lady MacBeth routine after Rick returned deserved a lot of critism

[Jenners]

Sometimes coping with a break up or a loss of a significant other leads to relations with another person that, that someone is closed to. I never really thought much of Shane and Lori's relationship because of this reason. Everyone deals with losses differently. Depending on the loss it could lead to a number of different things.

[Ghost]

It had to be awhile cuz the flowers were dead when Rick woke up unless they were walker flowers

[DominusPisces]

Let's assume the flowers were bought right when Rick went to the hospital. If some staff stayed till the last second due to some sort of dedication then We actually don't know how long Rick was under care before the hospital was over run. How long does it take for Flowers like that to dry out?