Ｒｅａｌ Ｐａｔｉｅｎｔ Ｓｔｏｒｉｅｓ: 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

The day after his mom’s surgery, Shawn showed up before 8:00 am not knowing what to expect. He was the only one in his family able to be there with his mom during her recovery from triple by-pass surgery after a heart attack 2 days earlier. It was 11 hours after her surgery was completed, she was in the ICU, hooked up to a dozen machines, and they had not brought her out of unconsciousness.

It was all a very shocking sight for Shawn.

Not long after, the surgeon came to do his rounds with his team. He immediately introduced himself and said, “I remember you from yesterday. You’re Anne’s son Shawn.” Not only that but every time, after talking with his team, he would stop to explain to Shawn what was going on in plain language. Throughout the day, every time somebody came in the room, they were very respectful of Shawn, trying to make him comfortable with what was happening with his mom.

That whole team of healthcare providers made a traumatic event as easy as possible for Shawn, Anne, and their family!


* 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺.