It was a middle of the winter, slow night shift. A 90 year old woman from an outlying rural town was brought to our ED by their local ambulance service, 45 minutes away. She had called 911 because her carbon monoxide detector was going off. Paramedics and firefighters responded to her home only to find that the noise was coming from an alarm clock that she had forgotten about in a spare bedroom.
Paramedics checked her over and found her blood pressure to be high. They brought her 45 minutes to the hospital. By the time she arrived it was 6am and it was time for her morning blood pressure pill. We gave her her 6am medications (which she had brought with her) and in 30 minutes her pressure was normal again. We notified her hometown ambulance service (which was now 30 minutes away) and they came back to the ER and took our patient home.
You have a special talent for saving lives. Never give up the awesome healing powers you have been blessed with…Oh..You’re leaving you say? Well then I hope you continue your passion for medicine somewhere where they can appreciate your prowess. Giving up medicine? “Gasp”!!! WHAT? I cannot accept this. No. It musn’t be. God wouldn’t allow this heresy to occur. Whatever shall we do? Who will take care of this world? Nooooooooooooooo.
Mark,
That’s such a cute story. I laughed out loud.
Gloria