An elderly woman was hit by a car today. Brought into us, with major trauma and died 20 minutes later. No ID, no name, no one with her. The staff put her into a body bag and sent her to the morgue where she will be sent to General Hospital and cremated. Will anyone notice that she didn't come home?
Alexon died today. He was a 16 yr old boy who was stabbed with a knife while riding on the back of a motorcycle. He developed meningitis, improved on antibiotics but rapidly deteriorated over 24 hrs and died. His mom never left his bedside. The doctors think that there was poison on the knife.
The hospital is running out of money. All of the once daily meals for the staff have been stopped and as of yesterday, all of the patient meals have been stopped. Unfortunately, there are 7 patients in our long-term Spinal Cord Unit who have no families to bring them food, including Katiana, the 11 yr old who is a paraplegic from a wall falling on her. Several of us will start to contribute our food stipend to feed the patients.
A woman asked me for some 'glo' today, water, as I walked by her. She is the mother of one of the ICU patients, a young man who was involved in a MVA/Motor Vehicle Accident and is now paralyzed from the shoulders down. She wears the same white t-shirt every day that says, "To the best teacher, Mrs Barry, Christmas 1995, a denim skirt and a navy blue Easter Sunday type broad-brimmed hat. I have been giving her some food and water these past days but understand that in the greater scheme of things, I really shouldn't. Others see me do it and ask for some also. A scuffle can easily occur in seconds. But she was thirsty so I turned around a gave her one US dollar which will get her 4 small bags of water. Everyone is hot and thirsty here.
Rest In Peace Alexon and Little Old Lady.
Kathleen
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