So last night the Almighty saved a life via me.
This woman came with poisoning, almost comatose. So I inserted a Ryle's tube, pumped her stomach, flushed the gastric contents. Then started and iv, flushed her system, gave her injections to make her pee, gave her the antidote and sat by her bedside all night.
When she arrived I rushed into action and didn't cough even once in the 2-3 hours it took to stabilize her [Yes, i have the ornery flu.]
All in a day's work.
By morning she was awake and asking for tea.
When the family thanked me, for "saving" her life, I was er...nonplussed, to say the least. I didn't know what to say, because it didn't seem like a big deal to me by then, when I heard what she had taken, with my actions I knew she would be ok, eventually...physically anyway. [please save your opinions on what you think of people who attempt intentional self harm for my upcoming post later on. Not here.]
[I suppose they , the family, didn't know, or didn't believe us till she actually sat up and started talking. ]
Anyway...my reponse to their thank you lies in the title of this post...
"Er...no no, yes, its ok...er, hmm...I didn't really do anything you know, it's er...you know" and looking skywards, indicating Him, whereupon they nodded, in what I hoped was understanding.
Bizarre aint' I?
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Oh, yeah...no it's er...ok. [aka, when did we become blase about saving lives?]
spun from dream-dust into a mirror by coffeeismypoison at 11.8.09 26 lost souls found themselves in my mirror....
Labels: bizarrely me, doctor, mediciny tales., saving lives
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