tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post6904414208121243617..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-48817588813559833192013-05-28T17:24:53.622-07:002013-05-28T17:24:53.622-07:00"We're sorry. Your child can't get a ..."We're sorry. Your child can't get a liver transplant because he has a serious metabolic disease. You've neer heard of it. He doesn't have many symptoms yet. But it's fatal. And we can't give him a liver, because he will die anyway. Probably during the transplant operation. I know you think his only problem right now is his liver dying, but his brain is dying, too. Just slower. I know you had a normal child two weeks ago. I know that now he's not. I know you were hoping until the last moment that hes still normal, and it's just his liver, but it's not. We know you hate us now, and we understand. We know he's going to die within the week without a new liver. We're sorry."<br /><br />And we proceed to sign off on his chart, and his life, with simple words: "Neurodegenerative disorder. Does not qualify for liver transplant."<br /><br />And then people wonder why we don't sleep at night. Why we have nightmares. Why a healthy, stable resident starts having panic attacks. That's why. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-10960289149584535422011-03-11T06:16:22.020-08:002011-03-11T06:16:22.020-08:00Reminds me of the pilot episode of "Only When...Reminds me of the pilot episode of "Only When I laugh" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXiy07E3CuoTrollsilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314189856174731284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-17203502912822412772011-03-11T06:13:46.111-08:002011-03-11T06:13:46.111-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trollsilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314189856174731284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-64695708843991696342011-03-10T11:53:55.719-08:002011-03-10T11:53:55.719-08:00Oh, man. That last paragraph just gave me a total ...Oh, man. That last paragraph just gave me a total body chill. Are we really that cold? Sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, it never really gets any easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-17615844970146008722011-03-10T10:12:31.458-08:002011-03-10T10:12:31.458-08:00We're in a heme/onc unit now. One of our profe...We're in a heme/onc unit now. One of our professors made me want to be an oncologist for all of 20 minutes until he told us about a 26 yr old patient who's dying. She came in to her doctors and said, "I'm 26, you can't let me die." I would be haunted. I hear you, I don't think I'm cut out to watch people die.SRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515599538298710342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-74481366527169277332011-03-10T06:01:55.130-08:002011-03-10T06:01:55.130-08:00And life goes one.
Life is cold like that.
MAnd life goes one.<br /><br />Life is cold like that.<br /><br />MMedical Mojavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445140579589340514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-55381128139690366782011-03-09T22:41:21.879-08:002011-03-09T22:41:21.879-08:00"They're moving him out. Now you'll g..."They're moving him out. Now you'll get the window."<br /><br />That's rather... Hitchcockian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468326016935108629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-10956019179888702052011-03-09T19:32:20.222-08:002011-03-09T19:32:20.222-08:00That's cold.That's cold.OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.com