07-22-06
There's only a fine line between life and death. Humans do not appreciate what we have, we take everything for granted and when what matters is gone then one will start realizing its importance. It was a normal day at work yesterday with the same patients. I have two patients on the dangerously ill list and both of them were on do not resuscitate status. One was more ill, on hourly monitoring with inotrope infusion and high level of oxygen to sustain her vitals while the other was a stable patient who was on palliative care and comfort measures only. The palliative patient was my old patient, always coming in and out of hospital for fluid overload and low Hb levels. This time it's fluid overload and she has been quite restless during the stay. She has applied for a hospice and yes the unexpected happened, we found her in distress and soon unresponsive. When the callbell sounded off, I had this gut feeling to go attend to her immediately (usually I would wait for two-three b...