Difficult Decision, by Oscar Vargas
Difficult Decision
By Oscar Vargas
Few months ago I had to make a really difficult decision, I was in my internship year, working at the Critical Pediatric Care Unit. For a long time we were trying to help Katamuskay’s son survive. We not only had many children to care, but I also tried to care for the son of our friend.
Katamuskay’s son was the first child of our friend, who had been working as a nurse in the Critical Care Unit for a long time, and has been a close friend to me. For months she insisted on becoming pregnant without any positive result. Finally, she was pregnant. Every thing was right and she was the happiest woman in the world. Every time she thought about her future son.
But at the birth time every thing was wrong and the child suffered a condition know as low oxygen flow to his brain or hypoxia at the birth. The medical doctors can’t prevent patients from that condition. The mom continuously asked us, “What happened?” She wondered what the prognosis for her children would be. We tried to apologize for not having any reason for that situation.
All of us in the Unit didn’t feel like working in that situation, but every time we made our best effort. The child succeeded in getting healthy every time and we congratulate his mother for that effort. Finally 3 weeks before the child was admitted to the Unit, he suddenly stopped his cardiopulmonary function. Immediately we tried to reviving him for almost two hours without any successful. The baby was died near to 5:00 A.M.
The attending Pediatrician and I were giving the notice for the mother and the family too. That was a particular difficult decision for me
By Oscar Vargas
Few months ago I had to make a really difficult decision, I was in my internship year, working at the Critical Pediatric Care Unit. For a long time we were trying to help Katamuskay’s son survive. We not only had many children to care, but I also tried to care for the son of our friend.
Katamuskay’s son was the first child of our friend, who had been working as a nurse in the Critical Care Unit for a long time, and has been a close friend to me. For months she insisted on becoming pregnant without any positive result. Finally, she was pregnant. Every thing was right and she was the happiest woman in the world. Every time she thought about her future son.
But at the birth time every thing was wrong and the child suffered a condition know as low oxygen flow to his brain or hypoxia at the birth. The medical doctors can’t prevent patients from that condition. The mom continuously asked us, “What happened?” She wondered what the prognosis for her children would be. We tried to apologize for not having any reason for that situation.
All of us in the Unit didn’t feel like working in that situation, but every time we made our best effort. The child succeeded in getting healthy every time and we congratulate his mother for that effort. Finally 3 weeks before the child was admitted to the Unit, he suddenly stopped his cardiopulmonary function. Immediately we tried to reviving him for almost two hours without any successful. The baby was died near to 5:00 A.M.
The attending Pediatrician and I were giving the notice for the mother and the family too. That was a particular difficult decision for me
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