It's often proclaimed that wherever we are, whatever we do, it's for a reason. Like if we had not gone there, then ...... or, If we hadn't done that, then...........
If you are religious, you'd feel it's even like a divine decree.
Last Wednesday, I was at such a place and time. My scheduled case didn't not take place & at 4pm, I was just walking pass the surgical ward, getting ready to change & go off.
I got an urgent call from that ward that one of the patients I had anaesthesied earlier that morning was having a convulsion & was not conscious.
I was by the bedside before you could say Code Blue. With the help of the nurses, we proceeded to do CPR. Although the heart momentarily stopped beating, we managed to restart it because prompt action was instituted early, which is the essence of CPR anyway.
The stay in ICU was quite stormy, and we weren't sure if the patient has suffered brain damage because he remained unconscious for 2 days after that. But on the 3rd day, as we scheduled him for CT scan of the brain, he suddenly opened his eyes & started to respond to instructions.
All I could say was Hallelujah. It felt like a religious decree that I was at that place at that time.
The patient was discharged very much alive from hospital today.
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