Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I agree there is some sadness, but at the same time there is some out--and-out humor here too! I have developed a new respect for the professionalism that the doctors, PAs and NPs possess. Sometimes I crack up at what they are saying but they just keep on talking and use all the professional words. (well, sometimes not!) Makes you wonder what they say when some of these patients walk out the door. I HOPE it's always professional. Suzanne Mattson Hilltop Transcription Service sburg KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Gail, I deal with it by praying for the patient and te family or other caretakers. Cases like this are very sad indeed and require lots of prayer. Margaret >>> 01/10/03 01:31PM >>> I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Gail, I deal with it by praying for the patient and te family or other caretakers. Cases like this are very sad indeed and require lots of prayer. Margaret >>> 01/10/03 01:31PM >>> I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I guess it depends on the person. Trisha and I transcribe for a children's hospital. We get the infant's that have just recently been dropped. We also do daily NICU and PICU notes on the same patients, some we have followed for as long as 6 months or more. Trisha tends to get teary, and I tend to get angry. Due to the fact that all we hear about are the babies that have difficulty from birth on, anytime we see a healthy baby out in public we must look a site at the way we gawk at them. And the very saddest are the withdrawal from life support notes, where they bring in the mother to hold the baby one last time. You can hear those in the doctor's voice. You do eventually get sort of used to hearing about them just because there are so many but you never lose your compassion over it. And everytime our healthy grandson visits we hug him like there is no tomorrow. :^) Quixote How do you deal with it? > > I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad > cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had > a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and > tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. > Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you > deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of > sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. > Just venting to feel better. Thanks. > > Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I certainly can relate to what you are saying. Personally I tend to have a hard time with transcribing death summaries. It's not so bad if the person was older, but the ones that really get to me are the younger ones, and in some cases what one might consider a senseless death (car accident, diving accident, etc.) I also often transcribe neurology consults when they are trying to determine if the patient is brain dead or not, and those get to me also, although I must say it certainly makes me feel better when the neurologist will say that brain death is being established for possible organ donation. As Margaret says, often the best thing to do is send up a prayer for the patient, or for the family if the patient is already dead. Many times I was disturbed enough by the report that I had to get up and take a break when I finished it. On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " How do you deal with it? I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I certainly can relate to what you are saying. Personally I tend to have a hard time with transcribing death summaries. It's not so bad if the person was older, but the ones that really get to me are the younger ones, and in some cases what one might consider a senseless death (car accident, diving accident, etc.) I also often transcribe neurology consults when they are trying to determine if the patient is brain dead or not, and those get to me also, although I must say it certainly makes me feel better when the neurologist will say that brain death is being established for possible organ donation. As Margaret says, often the best thing to do is send up a prayer for the patient, or for the family if the patient is already dead. Many times I was disturbed enough by the report that I had to get up and take a break when I finished it. On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " How do you deal with it? I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I certainly can relate to what you are saying. Personally I tend to have a hard time with transcribing death summaries. It's not so bad if the person was older, but the ones that really get to me are the younger ones, and in some cases what one might consider a senseless death (car accident, diving accident, etc.) I also often transcribe neurology consults when they are trying to determine if the patient is brain dead or not, and those get to me also, although I must say it certainly makes me feel better when the neurologist will say that brain death is being established for possible organ donation. As Margaret says, often the best thing to do is send up a prayer for the patient, or for the family if the patient is already dead. Many times I was disturbed enough by the report that I had to get up and take a break when I finished it. On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " How do you deal with it? I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I transcribe for an ob/gyn who has a lot of county cases. It makes me furious that some of these girls have a history of many abortions, and the ones they choose to carry to term they don't care for before they are born, so I can just imagine what happens afterwards. I had one recently where the baby was not growing, and the mother was smoking, not eating, etc. He finally did a drug screen on her and it came back positive for methamphetamine. She admitted to " one Sudafed. " After much conversation, she finally admitted to meth use. The baby was taken at 28 weeks and is surviving, truly a miracle, but what happens next? I surely hope they take the baby from her. I don't hear that part. I am truly thankful for my own daughter who is expecting her 3rd child and is such a caring, loving mother. -- How do you deal with it? I would just like to know how you more seasoned MTs deal with very, very sad cases. Is it just a matter of getting used to it, like doctors? I just had a report on a young adult who is mentally retarded, wheelchair bound and tube-fed as a result of being dropped on his head repeatedly as an infant. Doctor states he cries quite a bit. This just breaks my heart. How do you deal with this? I know it's part of the job, but geez, there is a lot of sadness and suffering in the world and it's hard to listen to sometimes. Just venting to feel better. Thanks. Gail 'Catholicbabe " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Thanks for the hug!!! :-) (((hug back))) Actually, as I was an atheist for ten years, I can totally imagine it. Talk about a rescue! I thought I was happy then, but there is a difference between happiness and JOY, know what I mean? Happiness is dependent upon your surroundings, but you can have joy under any conditions. I'm just glad God didn't give up on me when I was an arrogant little twit thinking that Christians were idiots. I guess He had the last laugh on me! ;-) Ain't life grand? Pax Christi, Gail " Catholicbabe " And harder still when parents mistreat and abuse (or worse) their children. (((((hug))))) Can you imagine what your life would be without your faith? Dawn C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Pat, My sister-in-law is a hospice nurse. She and my brother just got a boat, which they named " death takes a holiday. " What a sick sense of humor they have. Just thought I would throw that one in, since you mentioned hospice. Margaret >>> " Pat " 01/10/03 01:47PM >>> Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Pat, My sister-in-law is a hospice nurse. She and my brother just got a boat, which they named " death takes a holiday. " What a sick sense of humor they have. Just thought I would throw that one in, since you mentioned hospice. Margaret >>> " Pat " 01/10/03 01:47PM >>> Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Pat, My sister-in-law is a hospice nurse. She and my brother just got a boat, which they named " death takes a holiday. " What a sick sense of humor they have. Just thought I would throw that one in, since you mentioned hospice. Margaret >>> " Pat " 01/10/03 01:47PM >>> Humor. My sister is a hospice secretary and is within the world of the death and dying all day every day. She and I have some good laughs. We have too. Personally, I have 'hardened' over the years to the point of being able to get my job done. It's rare I see a case that touches me to the point of tears (usually involving children), but I move on to the next report. I remember in my earlier days I'd carry the patients around with me for several days and worry and wonder and agonize. I got past that with time. I wonder how many thousands upon thousands of reports I've done over 27 years, so eventually almost all are forgotten pretty quickly. That's a good defense for me too -- these days my memory is so short! patb How do you deal with it? > > Margaret, > > That is a wonderful suggestion. Actually, I pray a rosary every week before > the Blessed Sacrament for all the patients I see on my screen and also send > up a quick prayer while I'm transcribing. It doesn't seem to make me more > immune to it, though, but I suppose I don't want to " harden " . It's just hard > on a daily basis to see things like this and this is one of the very few > aspects of being an MT that I don't like. At the same time, I think it's > important that we are kept aware of the suffering of our fellow human beings, > so I take some comfort in the fact it can increase my sensitivity to others. > I was just wondering how everyone else dealt with it. > > Pax Christi, > Gail " Catholicbabe' > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Jan! I think I typed the ambulance report for that one! SEriously - I work for EMS in my county in NC, and we had a patient who had that VERY situation! Almost word for word the same, except the EMT had written " pissed off " instead of argument!!!! There are goofballs everywhere!!! lol Carol in NC <snip> On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Jan! I think I typed the ambulance report for that one! SEriously - I work for EMS in my county in NC, and we had a patient who had that VERY situation! Almost word for word the same, except the EMT had written " pissed off " instead of argument!!!! There are goofballs everywhere!!! lol Carol in NC <snip> On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 It must be, Pattie!! Or there's a new epidemic of stupidity running rampant in the world!!! lol Carol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: How do you deal with it? I just had a report in the last week or so where a guy had to have surgery to fuse his cervical vertebrae because, in the doctor's words, " he was pissed off at his girlfriend and head butted her car. " !!! You could tell the doctor was thinking of how stupid this move was. Is this the new solution to relationship problems??? Pattie Carol wrote: > Jan! I think I typed the ambulance report for that one! SEriously - I work for EMS in my county in NC, and we had a patient who had that VERY situation! Almost word for word the same, except the EMT had written " pissed off " instead of argument!!!! > > There are goofballs everywhere!!! lol > > Carol in NC > > <snip> > > On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! > > Jan > jantranscribes@... > " Typing is my life. " > " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 It must be, Pattie!! Or there's a new epidemic of stupidity running rampant in the world!!! lol Carol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: How do you deal with it? I just had a report in the last week or so where a guy had to have surgery to fuse his cervical vertebrae because, in the doctor's words, " he was pissed off at his girlfriend and head butted her car. " !!! You could tell the doctor was thinking of how stupid this move was. Is this the new solution to relationship problems??? Pattie Carol wrote: > Jan! I think I typed the ambulance report for that one! SEriously - I work for EMS in my county in NC, and we had a patient who had that VERY situation! Almost word for word the same, except the EMT had written " pissed off " instead of argument!!!! > > There are goofballs everywhere!!! lol > > Carol in NC > > <snip> > > On a different note, recently I typed a report on a young male patient who had apparently head butted a car after an argument with his girlfriend, and he was complaining of neck pain and a headache. I must be getting old, but I just kept shaking my head and saying DUH!!! > > Jan > jantranscribes@... > " Typing is my life. " > " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 You have my prayers. Joy ----Original Message Follows---- Reply-To: To: " NMTC " <NMTC > Subject: Re: How do you deal with it? Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:21:12 -0600 This has been a pretty upsetting topic for me today. My sister was one of those mom's who held her son when he was 3 days old after withdrawal of life support. He was born with trisomy 13. She went on to have 2 healthy boys and is now pregnant again. On ultrasound 2 weeks ago they found abnormalities and she is agonizing while waiting for more test results. The doctors are fearful of another baby with chromosome abnormalities. She did have a level-2 ultrasound that gave her some good news when they found just an echogenic bowel and a FISH test came back with no evidence trisomy 13 or 21. The amnio is still pending and they have tested her for cystic fibrosis, also still pending. She and the rest of our family could use some of your prayers. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 Re: How do you deal with it? I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 You have my prayers. Joy ----Original Message Follows---- Reply-To: To: " NMTC " <NMTC > Subject: Re: How do you deal with it? Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:21:12 -0600 This has been a pretty upsetting topic for me today. My sister was one of those mom's who held her son when he was 3 days old after withdrawal of life support. He was born with trisomy 13. She went on to have 2 healthy boys and is now pregnant again. On ultrasound 2 weeks ago they found abnormalities and she is agonizing while waiting for more test results. The doctors are fearful of another baby with chromosome abnormalities. She did have a level-2 ultrasound that gave her some good news when they found just an echogenic bowel and a FISH test came back with no evidence trisomy 13 or 21. The amnio is still pending and they have tested her for cystic fibrosis, also still pending. She and the rest of our family could use some of your prayers. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 Re: How do you deal with it? I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 You have my prayers. Joy ----Original Message Follows---- Reply-To: To: " NMTC " <NMTC > Subject: Re: How do you deal with it? Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:21:12 -0600 This has been a pretty upsetting topic for me today. My sister was one of those mom's who held her son when he was 3 days old after withdrawal of life support. He was born with trisomy 13. She went on to have 2 healthy boys and is now pregnant again. On ultrasound 2 weeks ago they found abnormalities and she is agonizing while waiting for more test results. The doctors are fearful of another baby with chromosome abnormalities. She did have a level-2 ultrasound that gave her some good news when they found just an echogenic bowel and a FISH test came back with no evidence trisomy 13 or 21. The amnio is still pending and they have tested her for cystic fibrosis, also still pending. She and the rest of our family could use some of your prayers. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 Re: How do you deal with it? I think the saddest time I had to type was when I was pregnant with our first son. Doing the ultrasounds on miscarriages or death in utero made me cry every time. I know it was mostly hormones, but it was still pretty sad. One of the ER docs and his wife were expecting their first son about two weeks before we were due with our first. She went in for her usual OB visit and everything was fine. Her BP skyrocketed that afternoon and she ended up having eclampsia and the baby died at 8 1/2 months that same evening. I had to type her ultrasound and C. section note and I bawled all the way through both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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