A Young Mother And A Healthy Baby

Nancy is transferred to the Intermediate Care Unit after the MRI is completed. She has a 20 gauge saline lock in her right forearm and an 18 French indwelling (Foley) catheter. Gail is sitting by her mother's bed. The nurse asks Gail if there is anyone that can be called so she won't be alone. She informs the nurse that she is an only child and her father died years ago. Gail states, "I don't understand what a brain attack is. The healthcare provider told me my mother is in serious

Mrs. Smith signs in the emergency room with chest pain. Several nurses rush to get her vitals, blood samples to send to the lab, and obtain an EKG. While performing an assessment on Mrs. Smith, the nurse inquires about the amount of time she has been feeling this way. Mrs. Smith replies " My sister passed away 2 weeks ago and I have been having this chest pain ever since". After the physician reviews over all of Mrs. Smith 's lab and radiology test results, he informs her that she is not having chest pain from a heart attack, it is simply the result of untreated anxiety.

Abigail Snyder hobbles into the medical office suffering from a broken right foot. The receptionist greets her and begins asking her personal questions that everyone in the waiting room can hear the answers to. Abigail tries talking softly, but the receptionist repeats her answers loudly enough so all can hear them. Abigail feels compelled to answer the questions because they pertain to her medical case.

“I am not too sure,” she said quietly. “I have not been able to examine her or speak to her about that.”

The paramedics rushed over to Angelica, checked her pulse, the paramedic said, “She has no pulse, we have to get her to the nearest hospital quick.” Marie started crying and screaming, “Oh my God, Oh my God, Please, help my baby.” Aunt Lori held Marie. As they were working with Angelica, Aunt Lori rushed to the phone and called David and Simone to tell them to meet them at the hospital. After hanging up, the paramedics rushed Angelica out the door, Marie rode in the ambulance with them. Aunt Lori rushed out behind them following the ambulance. When they made it to the hospital, they rushed Angelica inside, were there was Doctors waiting. As they rushed Angelica to the back, Marie tried to follow them, but one of the paramedics stopped her and said, “Maam, she’s in good hands, I’m sorry, but you can’t go back there.” “That’s my daughter.” said Marie. “Maam, I’m sorry, but you can’t.” said the paramedic. Marie walked off, headed to the waiting area, she was still crying. When she got to the waiting area, Aunt Lori rushed to her side. “What did they say?” ask Aunt Lori. “They told me that I can’t go back there.” said Marie. As they were talking, Simone and David rushed in. “Mom, What happened?” ask Simone. “I don’t know.” cried Marie. “Mom, come sit down.” said David. Marie kept crying. “It’s going to be alright, Angelica will be just fine.” said David. “Aunt Lori what happened?” ask Simone. “We were all asleep, then Angelica started screaming, she was crying and complaining about her head, she said that her head was hurting real bad, so Marie went and got a warm towel and placed it on her forehead, but she was still in pain, so I called the ambulance, when they arrived Marie and I rushed to the door to let them in and when they rushed to the back, they said Angelica had no pulse.” “Oh my God.” said Simone. “Have the Doctor or anyone spoken to you?” ask David. “No, just before you both arrived, they rushed her in the back.” said Marie. They all sat and

A woman walks into Los Angeles County hospital with a complaint of abdominal pain. After being checked in, hospital staff sees that she has recently been there three other times for the same complaint. She is seated in the waiting room. She vomits blood and collapses on the floor; her family urgently contacts staff informing them of her problem. They ignore the complaint. The family becomes so panicked they call 911 from a payphone near the entrance, only to find that they too ignore the complaint, telling them that there is nothing that they can do. A bystander in the waiting room sees the distress and the blood on the floor, he too calls 911, this time the emergency

When she woke up the next day, there was a piece of paper on her pillow. It had a phone number on it and a name, Walter Hamasaki. So, she called the number and someone answered. “Hello, this is Walter Hamasaki. Sorry I am busy at the moment please leave your name and number, and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible,” beep.

My alarm went off at 6:00 am. "Thank God it's Friday," I whispered to myself as I got ready for the day. We still haven't found a case yet, this was just going to be another boring day at the hospital I guess. After I got ready I got in my car and drove to New York Mercy Hospital, which was only about 5 miles away. "Hey Jacobs, we got a case." Wilson said, handing me the file. I worked with two other Doctors; Zachary Wilson and James Miller. We take the medical cases that no other doctors can figure out. I got a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. "23 year old girl comes in after continually banging her head on the wall, says she had no idea

The pre-op nurse told the mother that once Tina (The patient), a 3 years old child, went to the OR, her surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery and she would be there at least one hour. The mother told the nurse that once Tina went to the OR, she needed to run a quick errand involving an older sibling and would return in time to pick her up once she got out of recovery. The mother gave the pre-op nurse her cell phone number

“She’s going to be mad, I really hope you know what you’re doing girl.” said Lisa. “I do.” Lisa and the crew left. Angelica sat in the waiting room, praying that Nine is okay. Hours had passed, Angelica dosed off, while sleeping the Doctor and the police walked up to her and said, “Excuse me Ma'am, Are you related to the deceased?” “Deceased.” said Angelica. The police said, “Maam, Are you related to her?” “No I’m not, I’m just a friend.” “Well, Maam it was brought to our attention that the deceased was brought in by you and other females, Where are the rest of the females who brought her in?” ask the police. “They left.” answered Angelica. “Maam, Come with us, we need to ask you a couple of questions.” said the officer. “I can’t, I have to get home.” said Angelica. “Please, come with us now, if you refused to come with us and answer a couple of questions we’ll be forced to hold you for 24 hours.” Angelica got up and followed the police officer to the

“And when would that be? When would I ever believe that I went from being an only child to having a lost sister just from someone telling me that in a few minutes?”

When they arrived at the hospital, they tell the doctor what happened: Laureen, one adolescent of sixteen years, had a knife in her hands and she was walking to her younger sister, Sophia, at that time was crying because she was hungry. Doctor was surprised and he ask, - “Laureen why were you walking to your sister with a knife?” She did not answer, she knew there was something wrong with her, she knew

“I’m sorry Ma'am, Doctor Brunner is with a patient, Can I have your name and number and I’ll have him to call you back.” said the caller. “Yes, my niece's name is Angelica Samuel's, she’s one of his patients, her mother name is Marie Samuel's, the reason I’m calling is because Angelicas crying, saying that her head hurts real bad, she’s in excruciating pain, her mother is in the room now trying to comfort her, could you please have him call us back as soon as possible.” “I sure will.” said the caller. “Thank you.” “you’re quite welcome.” “Bye.” said aunt Lori. Then she hung up and rushed back in the room. As she was helping Marie to comfort Angelica, the phone rung. Aunt Lori rushed to answer it, “Hello.” she answered. “Yes, this is Doctor Brunner, may I speak with Marie Samuel's please.” said the Doctor. “Yes, hold on a second.” Aunt Lori called out for Marie. She rushed to the phone, while being on the phone with the Doctor, Aunt Lori rushed back to the room. Marie explained everything to do the Doctor. After talking to the Doctor, Marie went back in Angelicas room and gave her 2 pain pills that were prescribed by the Doctor earlier. After about an hour, Angelicas head stop hurting. “Mom, I feel better.” said Angelica. “That’s good, the Doctor said that when your head starts to hurt to give you two pain pills instead of one, that’ll ease your pain.” “By giving her two, will that cause any side effects.” ask Aunt Lori. “No, he said it’ll help her when she’s in

    "I didn't touch her," I said.  I had wanted to ask how Granny was, but my fear

I answered back, “ I just want to know what my mother was like. I was thinking why a person so close to my mother, who she trusted, would end her life just like that. “