To Olivia and Elaine, it was clear something was wrong. He was screaming, bumping into things. In a state of psychosis, Oliver had taken the rest of his medication, which totaled around 45 pills. When they realized what had happened, Oliver was on the ground, seizing and convulsing and foaming from the mouth. Olivia fell to her knees and held him like she had held Elaine when she was only a week old: tenderly with unconditional love. Elaine called an ambulance and pushed her mother aside and set Oliver on his side so that he would not choke on his tongue or vomit. Behind her she heard the terrified sobs of Olivia. Her own eyes also weighed with tears. But she reached into some unknown strength in herself so that her hands would not tremble …show more content…
Meanwhile, they asked Olivia a number of questions she couldn’t remember. They said they were taking him to Saint Francis and, in situations such as these, it was better not to ride in the ambulance. There was a lot that needed to be done, and she would only get in the way. They drove away with the sirens screaming and Olivia walked back into the house in a sort of daze. Instead of following the red and blue light all the way to the hospital, she simply began to clean up the mess Oliver had made. His vomit on the floor, the bits of broken glass scattered about: all cleaned up and put …show more content…
His daughter. How is he?” “I’m only supposed to disclose information to Olivia.” “Olivia’s in no state for it. She wouldn’t even come down here, she’s so goddamn gone. Tell me: how is he?” The doctor sighed, sat down, and motioned for Elaine to sit down beside him. She did. “Your father had an overdose. As a result, his heart stopped beating for some time. We don’t know exactly how long. Luckily, the first thing the medics did was give him a shot of adrenaline to start his heart again. Unfortunately, he’s fallen into a comatose state in an attempt to reverse the damage done. Look: anytime the heart stops beating, there’s a possibility for brain damage. Since we don’t know what period of time his brain was deprived of oxygen, we can’t tell you the extent of the damage done until he wakes up from the coma. And the chances of his waking up from this coma are decreasing with the hour. I suggest you go home and rest.” As he spoke Elaine felt the hot tears roll down her face. She hadn’t wanted to cry, not here, not in front him. “Can I see him?” “Of
The main character in this story is a Jewish girl named Alicia. When the book
Ellen just felt a distant sadness. Ellen cried just a little bit. Her grandmother was furious because Ellen showed some emotions. She told her to never cry again. After that Ellen becomes scarred for a long time.
In 1983, Nancy Beth Cruzan lapsed into an irreversible coma from an auto accident in Jasper County, Missouri. Cruzan was discovered lying face down in a ditch without detectable respiratory or cardiac function. Paramedics were able to restore her breathing and heartbeat at the accident site, and she was transported to a hospital in an unconscious state. An attending neurosurgeon diagnosed her as having sustained cerebral injuries combined with significant lack of oxygen. The estimated length of the period without oxygen was twelve to fourteen minutes. (Permanent brain damage generally results after six minutes without oxygen.) After the accident Nancy was not breathing on her own and was connected to a machine, five days later she was breathing on her own and the respirator was disconnected. She remained in a coma for approximately three weeks and then progressed to an unconscious state in which she was able to orally ingest some nutrition. She was moved out of ICU into a private room where the family tried on a daily basis to get a response. In order to ease feeding and further the recovery, surgeons implanted a gastrostomy feeding and hydration tube in Cruzan with the consent of her then husband. Nancy's parents Joe (Lester) and Joyce stayed at the hospital around the clock sleeping on couches and chairs. Her sister Chris visited as much as she could while her two daughters Miranda and Angie were in school. Nancy and Chris were be...
started to recognize it, she was trying to beat it back with sheer will power.
As a young girl, I was never fond of the name Anna. The name came along with too much baggage.. Unknowingly, people would constantly call me the wrong name, and some people, disregarding my opinion, even created strange nicknames for me. Over the years, I have been called a variety of names including Annie, Ann, Anna, Annabelle, Anne Frank, banana, banana boat, etc. Frankly, there are just too many variations of the name “Anna”. Being an extremely common name, almost everywhere I go, whether it be school or the grocery store, I always seem to find another “Anna”. Although nameberry.com tells me that “Anna” means grace, it actually means unique, intelligent, and affectionate.
patient is in terrible agony, and since he is going to die anyway, it would
Emely made her way towards room 264. On the way, she sees an actual orderly with his hand cut off. She smiles, knowing that justice was served when he was caught talking on the phone in the hospital.
... medication. The reaction caused swelling of the fluid in the brain, which resulted with the coma and death.
The term “failure to rescue” refers to a clinical scenario where hospital doctors, nurses, or caregivers fail to recognize symptoms. Responders do not respond adequately to clinical signs that would prevent harm (Morse, 2008, p.2). Dr. Jeffery H. Silber, Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, first coined the term “failure to rescue” in the 1990’s. He characterized the matrix of institutional and individual errors that contribute to patient deaths as “failure to rescue” (Aleccia, 2008). Since 1990, it has been well documented patients usually exhibit signs and symptoms of impending cardiac or respiratory arrest 6-8 hours before an arrest (Schein, Hazday, Pena, Ruben, & Spring, 1990). Buist, Bernard, Nguyen, Moore, and Anderson’s (2004) research reported similar findings. They found patients had documented clinically abnormal signs and symptom prior to arrest (Buist, et al., 2004). When certain abnormal signs and symptoms are identified early, critical bedside consultat...
She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over...
“Henry, I’ve been so lonely,” she cried. Ten years earlier, she had scattered his ashes around the tree.
Her heart was beating quickly now and her body became warm. Tears welled up in her eyes but she continued gazing at her daughter, hoping she had made a connection, a break through.
“You’re not feeling ill are you?” due to his abnormal (for a conditioned world) behavior and his concern for Linda which, as we can see was highly unexpected as few visitors ever came.
Jessie her best friend was in kitchen making breakfast. She headed upstairs with her breakfast when she heard uh huuh huuh! Being all worried she slam open the door. in the mountain of the comforter she saw Ave zombie like face. Jessi asked "what's wrong my dear ?" Ave tying to find words to explain her pain, the air was choking her. Seeing her wiping it occurred to Jessi that Ave was carrying this burden for her decades.
The traditional short story is a genre of a prose. It is a fiction work that presents a world in the moment of an unexpected change. The traditional short story obeys some rules, such as the unexpected change and major events with detail. The modern short story is a revolution which is based on the traditional short story. In other words, if the traditional short story is in the first floor, the modern short story is in the second floor. Therefore, the modern short story still obeys some rules that the traditional short story obeys, and breaks some rules that the traditional short story obeys. One rule that the modern short story still uses is the unexpected change. The rules broken by the modern short story are that the major events are not detailed, and that the border between the real world and the fiction world. This paper first talks about the unexcepted change and uses the examples of “Eveline” and “The Open Window.” Then, this paper talks about major events with detail, and uses the examples of “Lottery,” “The Open Window” and “Hills Like White Elephants.” Finally, this paper talks about the meta-literary and the border between the real world and the fiction