Over the summer Tyrone had one of those cases you hope to never see. He had a patient who delivered a baby via c-section and then started to bleed out from an amniotic fluid embolism. They had already sewn her back up when they started to realize something was really wrong and then the surgeon had to open her back up and do a total hysterectomy. It was one of those cases where you can't possibly take notes, or keep supplies organized. Just getting as much blood into the woman as he could and any drugs that could possibly help. Eventually an ambulance from one of the big trauma center hospitals came to pick her up. Tyrone assumed she would die, but a tortuous 24 hours later he got a note from a co-worker that said the mom had survived. And then 2 months later this short little text - a picture of the mom on a hospital bed smiling and this simple note, "Thank you for saving my life."
ReplyDeleteWow! You certainly need nerves of steel for that work. I am so grateful someone wants to do it. mom r.
What a story! Glad it has a happy ending. It's so nice to be thanked, isn't it?
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