Realizations
I went on d
uty last night. It was a toxic one. According to the endorsements, our patient, hours prior to her emergency surgery, was still talking with her friends in the ward. In a matter of 2 hours, her status drastically change from conscious state to semi coma state. She was not in good condition, she was ashened gray and has a breathing tube that sustained her prior to her stat OR procedure. Miraculously, after 6 hours of operating on her, with numerous blood transfusion and medical intervention, she started to gain a blood pressure and her skin color slowly turns into pink and is showing evidence of adequate urine output. Whew! Thank God… But this doesn’t mean she’s out of danger anymore for we know that the first 24 hours of a post open heart patients are the most critical period in the recovery phase. We received her in the recovery room 3 hours past midnight. She was still intubated and sedated. Astoundingly, 30 mins after we received her, her blood pressure started to go up, and she started to move her extremities. This was a good sign that after all she has been through, she manifested no neurologic abnormalities. Praise God!
With what had happened. I realized that with just a snap of a finger we could loose our lives. So let’s make the most out of it… Give love, share love and live a life that is full of love for we will never know when our time will end. It is never too late. Let’s start now.
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