tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post115548619781167578..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Baby KillerSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-58894114917727465712006-09-18T00:20:00.000-07:002006-09-18T00:20:00.000-07:00The first surgery I scrubbed in on in general surg...The first surgery I scrubbed in on in general surgery rotation was a teeny baby with intussusception (pretty big one too). THAT was terrifying. This post captures it.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606922510495018342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-64433689817348171362006-09-09T19:56:00.000-07:002006-09-09T19:56:00.000-07:00Hi Mr Cutter,
There'd be nothing more reassuring ...Hi Mr Cutter,<br /><br />There'd be nothing more reassuring to me if I was consulting a surgeon than to be sure that they suffered from your adrenaline-pumping ogres.<br /><br />That way, I'd be reassured that they would be assiduous in working on complications -- adrenaline facilitates single-handed truck-lifting, I hear!<br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156576747596583482006-08-26T00:19:00.000-07:002006-08-26T00:19:00.000-07:00Oh my....I'll wait until my gut drops back out of ...Oh my....I'll wait until my gut drops back out of my throat before going to bed...<BR/><BR/>That ogre nearly made me leave nursing school, with the mantra "You know nothing. You'll kill somebody" playing in the back of my head with just six weeks to go until graduation.<BR/><BR/>It took a couple of years to subdue him. Oh, he's still around, but it keeps me on my toes and I tell him to shut up.<BR/><BR/>Figuratively speaking, of course...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156424887339453502006-08-24T06:08:00.000-07:002006-08-24T06:08:00.000-07:00I'll try to remember this the next time they call ...I'll try to remember this the next time they call a code on my son in the ICU.<BR/>It is with wonder that I looked at my 2 lb, 14 oz son and contemplated the skill involved in performing a Norwood on a child whose veins were the width of a hair.<BR/>It's awe-inspiring.That Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025131337233751880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156387936573363882006-08-23T19:52:00.000-07:002006-08-23T19:52:00.000-07:00I've never read a better description of the fear t...I've never read a better description of the fear that descends when you think you have caused a serious complication. It is almost enough to stop me from ever operating again. Great story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156311650121935612006-08-22T22:40:00.000-07:002006-08-22T22:40:00.000-07:00For some reason, this post reminds me of something...For some reason, this post reminds me of something I tend to avoid thinking about. I was rotating through OB/Gyn and a 28 week gestation with severe abnormalities was to be delivered. Nobody expected a good outcome. The parents, recent immigrants, had been prepared, as best they could be, for the worst, which seemed the most likely. Being a rather green young doctor, I had delusions that this fetus could be saved, somehow. As soon as the uterus was opened, it was immediately apparent this would not be possible. Anyway, after doing what had to be done, I went outside and did the unthinkable. I went outside, lit a cigarette, and had a good cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156265886916817992006-08-22T09:58:00.000-07:002006-08-22T09:58:00.000-07:00Courage is doing what you fear, in spite of the fe...Courage is doing what you fear, in spite of the fear. Well done, doc!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156261124987122262006-08-22T08:38:00.000-07:002006-08-22T08:38:00.000-07:00After my daughter's last surgery, she suffered a b...After my daughter's last surgery, she suffered a bowel perforation. I remember how her surgeon, the day before they went back in, discovered it, and fixed it, kept looking at her in the PICU bed and saying, "That just *can't* be the problem." At the time I wondered why it was so difficult for him to consider the idea that perhaps a known complication of the surgery had occurred. Now, reading this, I guess I'm coming to understand how hard it is to contemplate these things happening and still keep going, even if you know it might happen.<BR/><BR/>Of course, we never even considered blaming the surgeon or his team. We'd be fools and hypocrites to do so.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, all I'm saying is "Thanks." What strong mental stuff you all must be made of.Moreenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10681083490424789027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1156249943786184062006-08-22T05:32:00.000-07:002006-08-22T05:32:00.000-07:00Your descriptions made me want to vomit, and I mea...Your descriptions made me want to vomit, and I mean that in the best way.M. Dyspneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12093553944791587364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155829292792020062006-08-17T08:41:00.000-07:002006-08-17T08:41:00.000-07:00Thank you for sharing how you felt/feel . . . As a...Thank you for sharing how you felt/feel . . . As a patient and a mother, sometimes I wonder if the doctors care, and then I read blogs like yours, Jordan's, Dr. A's, Dr. Charles', etc, and I'm reminded that you do care, you feel, and you are there to help us. Thanks for sharing . . .<BR/><BR/>Hmmm, I think more doctors should blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155698185870398102006-08-15T20:16:00.000-07:002006-08-15T20:16:00.000-07:00Dr. Schwab ... it takes special people to be able ...Dr. Schwab ... it takes special people to be able to do what you do. I'm grateful that you, and others like you, are willing to put yourselves through all of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155565539841554402006-08-14T07:25:00.000-07:002006-08-14T07:25:00.000-07:00Interesting stuff.Interesting stuff.beajerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721586072565803661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155538716462721732006-08-13T23:58:00.000-07:002006-08-13T23:58:00.000-07:00Sid, that would scare the living $h*t out of me. T...Sid, that would scare the living $h*t out of me. Then again, I have club hands. I can't even fix my toilet plunger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155536877623008102006-08-13T23:27:00.000-07:002006-08-13T23:27:00.000-07:00I don't know how doctors do it, or why more don't ...I don't know how doctors do it, or <BR/>why more don't crack under the pressure. Thanks for sharing your story.Mother Jones RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298418463273622952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155536651332043782006-08-13T23:24:00.000-07:002006-08-13T23:24:00.000-07:00I have a nice RUQ scar from the same surgery, age ...I have a nice RUQ scar from the same surgery, age six weeks. (I also have a cutdown scar on my right ankle I didn't understand until med school).<BR/><BR/>Thanks to a surgeon like you, only different. Thanks for the scars, and for the chance to grow up.<BR/><BR/>GruntDocAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007303301883671920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-1155522159903262602006-08-13T19:22:00.000-07:002006-08-13T19:22:00.000-07:00As a mom of 4, I know I never want to do Peds nurs...As a mom of 4, I know I never want to do Peds nursing. I have been the mom who paced the room when my youngest was weeks old and in the PICU. I knew how it felt to be the worried mom, sleeping in the chair, wishing I could sleep in his hospital crib w/ him. Your post gave me pause to now consider how the docs may have felt as his condition took turns for the worse. Another two thumbs up.Intelinursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609767439508682181noreply@blogger.com