Misery and luxury
Yesterday was a reallt hard day in Nkhoma. Around 12, a lady came in to the ER. She had been in the hospital in the morning, just to collect some medication, and then she was on her way home. She passed the market to buy some things, and suddenly she collapsed. The husband and her oldest daughter dragged her back to the hospital, and we took her in to the ER. When she came, she had no vital signs what so ever. So I started chest compression. Stella (another nurse, malawian) came and helped my with the breaths, and called for a clinician. Nyathipa came, and another doctor from USA. Together we worked for about 45 minutes to recusitate her, but with out result. At one point, she actully had pulse and blood pressure, but it was likely just from the chest compressions we made.¨We looked at each other and asked, should we continue? No one really wanted to take the decision. Because I was the one who started, evertone turned to me and asked what I thought. I didn't know, at all. But my instinc told med that we had to stop. The others agreed, and we declared her dead.
It was so frustrationg, cause there was no reason for what had happend... She was healthy, some problems with high blood pressure, but not to much. she was only 36 and had given birth to a little baby girl just 4 days earlier. Now, the husband was left alone with 4 children to care about. They had ahd 6 children, but two of them had died from Malaria. The husband was devastated. When he had left the room, I couldn't help crying.. It just came over me. And when we transported the body to the morgue, and all the pateints followed, maybe 30 people, all crying and wailing and singing, with the husband walking next to med and the body... It was so hard and I really had to bite my teeth together to not start crying again... It is such a hard decision to take, continue resucitation or not... How do you know...? But she was dead all ready before she came in to the ER, so I know there was no more we could have done... But it feels like shit anyway.
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After, I went to Lilongwe to meet Sofia and Daniel! =D Spent a night at the luxurious hotel crossroads (LOVE IT!!!) and had a wonderful pedicure and manicure for over an hour today, in a cool salon with nice music. It was amazing! Such a contrast from the some how hard life in Nkhoma. Now we are going to check out lilongwe, and then Justice (my guardian angel!!) will pick us up and drive us back to Nkhoma. Tonight it's pizza night at Isabelles place, and tomorrow Taffy from Norman Carr picks us up and we're going to Monkey Bay for 5 days!! YEEEAHHHH!!!!! Guess I'll write again from Norman Carr.
Kisses! Maria
It was so frustrationg, cause there was no reason for what had happend... She was healthy, some problems with high blood pressure, but not to much. she was only 36 and had given birth to a little baby girl just 4 days earlier. Now, the husband was left alone with 4 children to care about. They had ahd 6 children, but two of them had died from Malaria. The husband was devastated. When he had left the room, I couldn't help crying.. It just came over me. And when we transported the body to the morgue, and all the pateints followed, maybe 30 people, all crying and wailing and singing, with the husband walking next to med and the body... It was so hard and I really had to bite my teeth together to not start crying again... It is such a hard decision to take, continue resucitation or not... How do you know...? But she was dead all ready before she came in to the ER, so I know there was no more we could have done... But it feels like shit anyway.
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After, I went to Lilongwe to meet Sofia and Daniel! =D Spent a night at the luxurious hotel crossroads (LOVE IT!!!) and had a wonderful pedicure and manicure for over an hour today, in a cool salon with nice music. It was amazing! Such a contrast from the some how hard life in Nkhoma. Now we are going to check out lilongwe, and then Justice (my guardian angel!!) will pick us up and drive us back to Nkhoma. Tonight it's pizza night at Isabelles place, and tomorrow Taffy from Norman Carr picks us up and we're going to Monkey Bay for 5 days!! YEEEAHHHH!!!!! Guess I'll write again from Norman Carr.
Kisses! Maria
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Postat av: Renée
Vilka hemska upplevelser du har Mygg...och vilka svåra beslut att fatta...men du gjorde säkerligen helt rätt. Vad bra att du kunde få lite trevligare upplevelser i Lilongwe på crossroads...:)
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