'His entire left arm was missing and the right arm was missing below the elbow. His legs were mostly intact, but they were covered in gashes. He had been eviscerated and most of his large intestines were hanging out on the snow next to him. ... ...'
"A 2-year-old run over by a UPS truck. Driver felt it, mother witnessed it. Child was admitted from ER to my floor for observation. Nothing, I mean nothing was wrong with this child.""Guy came in with foot-long scalp laceration, several abdominal punctures and an eight-inch knife sticking halfway out of his sternum, still talking to EMTs during report. He was worked up, stapled up, discharged that night after they picked up his brother for doing it.
My parents were contacted in the middle of the night and we all caught the first plane out to the hospital to say our goodbyes. We expected to arrive too late. The doctors said there was no way he would survive the night and even if he did, by some miracle, he would never walk again. However, he didn't die before we got there and actually managed to recover almost all of his mobility over the next few years.""I've told this story before, but I will never not be astounded by it.
"Eventually he left the ICU, went to general ward, and then two rehabs. He left the second rehab early. By Aug 2019 he went back to his job as a VP. His speech was still slightly impaired at this time. In December 2019 he bought a new bike. As of today, he seems completely normal. Long shot, but if you were one of the first responders for this accident I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Whatever you did on that first day probably ensured that he got to live.
[She was] fully septic. The ascending colon was removed, and an ileostomy was fitted. Sepsis shut down everything, and her heart kept pumping. She coded numerous times in recovery. ... Hospital folks would tell her she was the Christmas miracle. Still amazed she is still with me 17 years later. One month later, a healthy looking man approaches me and tells me he'd like to continue the chemotherapy because he's feeling great. I had no idea who I was talking to until he introduced himself as Mr. X. My jaw dropped to the floor and I sort of rushed to schedule his next rounds of chemo.
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