Friday, September 02, 2005
RIP.
The folder was in a mess. There were the letters RIP carelessly scrawled on the top of the cover.
" Yup, this is the file," Dr. N gingerly flipped over the cover and grimaced at the messy pile of papers inside.
i scanned through the first page.
From a boy's home
caught glue sniffing
admitted for liver failure
The file chronicled his treatment on MARS ( a liver dialysis).
I went thorugh the documents with Dr. N, extracting all theimpt info for her journal.
just page after page chronicalling his downward spiral into enceph and finally .. into death. Just a row of numbers, charts, and descriptive medical terms.
There was no mention about family , no mention about who was there during his last hours.
Just one folder, to mark the end of this child's life.
The folder was in a mess. There were the letters RIP carelessly scrawled on the top of the cover.
" Yup, this is the file," Dr. N gingerly flipped over the cover and grimaced at the messy pile of papers inside.
i scanned through the first page.
From a boy's home
caught glue sniffing
admitted for liver failure
The file chronicled his treatment on MARS ( a liver dialysis).
I went thorugh the documents with Dr. N, extracting all theimpt info for her journal.
just page after page chronicalling his downward spiral into enceph and finally .. into death. Just a row of numbers, charts, and descriptive medical terms.
There was no mention about family , no mention about who was there during his last hours.
Just one folder, to mark the end of this child's life.
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