Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - (Page 34) Nursing from the heart she was that we came to Mongolia to help her baby. I was stunned. Instead of being the healers, we were healed. Boogie’s family mended our feelings of inadequacy despite their overwhelming loss. At times, the decisions we were forced to make as healthcare providers were drastically different from how we would practice in the U.S. Toward the end of our stay, a frantic couple hurried into the hospital, carrying their 11-year-old son’s lifeless body. The team and I hastily cleared a nearby cot and attached him to our monitors. Our intensive care backgrounds overtook our logic and we immediately began resuscitation. Things ran smoothly, considering our sparse resources. However, at some point during the resuscitation, we looked at each other realizing the futility of our efforts. With the only ventilator in the entire hospital already in use, we couldn’t even maintain his airway for more than a few hours, much less provide all the rehabilitation his devastated body would require afterward in the months to come. The cold reality was that we were using up scarce supplies on a child’s life we could never sustain. In light of this grim truth, forced against our trained instincts, we stopped the resuscitation. A CLINIC we set up in the South Gobi. The patients were lined up for hours before we even arrived. beautiful 7-year-old girl was his only child. Sadly, she passed away shortly after her surgery. Though we did our absolute best for Boogie, her tragic end left our team feeling as if we’d failed her and her family. I was shocked by her mother’s gracious response. At the apex of her grief, she brought cards for each person on our team. Inscribed inside was a message of affirmation expressing how grateful nursefinderstravel.com Circle Career Card No. 621 34 Healthcare Traveler January 2009 www.healthcaretraveler.com http://www.nursefinderstravel.com http://www.nursefinderstravel.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com
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