dolphinmickey9170
10-16-2008, 08:56 PM
Sorry I haven't been on much lately....but it really has been a tough couple of weeks around here.
First of all, we lost one of our resident doctors to a motorcycle accident. He was so excited...he has always wanted one. So, he bought one. His inexperience cost him his life after just having the bike for two weeks. He will be sadly missed. He was a great inspiration to the other residents and interns. He was well respected by our entire staff.
Secondly, one of my very close friends had a major stroke Saturday. She called out of work on Friday, and was to be at a family function on Saturday noon time, but never showed up. Her family didn't check on her until late in the evening and they found her on the floor. Lord knows how long she laid there. Her stroke is so severe, her prognosis is not good. Had this happened while we were at work, it probably could have been almost completely reversed by receiving TPA. She had some mini TIA symptoms last week, but just blew them off. When you ask her to fight, she just turns her eyes away from you. She doesn't recognize anyone...she just has a blank type stare.
Lastly, we lost an awesome paramedic today. He was a young, fibrant man who had three small children. At only 32, he was a diabetic on an insulin pump. He worked at the firehouse last night, complaining of not feeling well, laid down and went to sleep. He never was called out during the night, and when his relief came in this morning, he was gone. There will be an autopsy done, but most of us expect that they will find a hypoglycemic event took his life. His pump would have alarmed if his blood sugar dropped too low, but he wasn't feeling well when he laid down, so we wonder if he never heard the alarm, or maybe had already gone unconscious before the alarm.
I'm sorry to release here, but I know that this is a wonderful place to let things go.
I pray for the families of my three friends, and I pray for all of you.
First of all, we lost one of our resident doctors to a motorcycle accident. He was so excited...he has always wanted one. So, he bought one. His inexperience cost him his life after just having the bike for two weeks. He will be sadly missed. He was a great inspiration to the other residents and interns. He was well respected by our entire staff.
Secondly, one of my very close friends had a major stroke Saturday. She called out of work on Friday, and was to be at a family function on Saturday noon time, but never showed up. Her family didn't check on her until late in the evening and they found her on the floor. Lord knows how long she laid there. Her stroke is so severe, her prognosis is not good. Had this happened while we were at work, it probably could have been almost completely reversed by receiving TPA. She had some mini TIA symptoms last week, but just blew them off. When you ask her to fight, she just turns her eyes away from you. She doesn't recognize anyone...she just has a blank type stare.
Lastly, we lost an awesome paramedic today. He was a young, fibrant man who had three small children. At only 32, he was a diabetic on an insulin pump. He worked at the firehouse last night, complaining of not feeling well, laid down and went to sleep. He never was called out during the night, and when his relief came in this morning, he was gone. There will be an autopsy done, but most of us expect that they will find a hypoglycemic event took his life. His pump would have alarmed if his blood sugar dropped too low, but he wasn't feeling well when he laid down, so we wonder if he never heard the alarm, or maybe had already gone unconscious before the alarm.
I'm sorry to release here, but I know that this is a wonderful place to let things go.
I pray for the families of my three friends, and I pray for all of you.