Yesterday was so great--today not so much

Hey, all. We lost our first patient today, which is rather surprising in itself. But today we lost a 3 month old girl. She had been over at the Japanese Red Cross getting an x-ray for abdominal swelling. They sent a runner for us and Andy responded. The message wasn't very clear that it was an emergency, although the end result would not have been any different. Andy came into the ER with her in his arms, doing CPR. We ran a full code, but never got anything back. Not having a cardiac monitor does not help, but in her case it still would not have mattered. Her mom was dead, her dad had given her to a cousin to bring to the hospital. She died surrounded by people,  just not her family. I found it quite sad.

 

LaMar