He straddled the fine line between life and death, and taught me to maintain hope even in the darkest moments of this crisis.
The novel coronavirus pandemic is upending healthcare as a business, a profession, and a human relationship. As an infectious disease physician on the frontlines, I am bearing witness daily to hardships and tragedies befalling my patients, their families, healthcare providers, my work colleagues, and society as a whole.
Strikes 4-16 were a cascade of complications resulting from system-wide toxin production from the circulating strep. They included: I began caring for Mr. S. in January, before our state confirmed any cases of the novel coronavirus, and when there were only a few cases reported nationally. I knew that in situations like his, mortality rates exceed 80%. I knew that if he survived, he would remain in the hospital for months, and that his life would never be the same.
Last week I stopped by to evaluate Mr. S in the ICU, joined via teleconference by a group of enthusiastic students who were shadowing me during “Virtual Rounds.” As I walked in, I was shocked. Mr. S was awake and alert. He made eye contact with me, and smiled.“Yes,” he silently mouthed, his voice absent as a result of his tracheostomy.“I’ve helped take care of you for the past two months. This is the first time you and I have actually spoken.
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