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On this day, 20 years ago #September11 , I was attending the CVICU Service @BSWHTemple_IMED .
It was a very busy service and I was pre-rounding.
While listening to a patient’s chest, she gasped.
I took my stethoscope out of my ears and looked at a face of a woman in shock🧵
It was a very busy service and I was pre-rounding.
While listening to a patient’s chest, she gasped.
I took my stethoscope out of my ears and looked at a face of a woman in shock🧵
…not #CardiogenicShock , but this shock.
I sat on her bed and we watched together…in shock
I don’t know how many more minutes it was, but I eventually turned back to her.
She hugged me harder than I’ve ever been hugged before or since.
We cried a few tears 2/
I sat on her bed and we watched together…in shock
I don’t know how many more minutes it was, but I eventually turned back to her.
She hugged me harder than I’ve ever been hugged before or since.
We cried a few tears 2/
I told her that she was going to be alright…that WE were going to be alright & pat her on the shoulder as I resumed my exam.
As I turned to leave the room, the other plane hit. I looked at her & asked her if she was okay we me leaving. She said, “Yes, you have work to do” 3/
As I turned to leave the room, the other plane hit. I looked at her & asked her if she was okay we me leaving. She said, “Yes, you have work to do” 3/
Me, the year 2000. Between losing the person my most loved, my father, and the publication of my first book, which he only ever obliquely wished I would write #TwentyYears
And what I could find of myself at 20, a photograph as part of another
Merely, and justly, an update: me now, a little@shy of 58
