Tiny Miracles

Two years, almost to the day, there was a hectic day in labor & delivery. A laboring mom was suffering from a seizure, so all the staff headed over. Out of the blue, a nurse screamed, Deeble, get the fuck over here. My now attending rolled over to triage 4. Couldn't pick up the baby's pulse on the fetal heart tracing. Baby probably moved...kept moving the sensor. Odd. He brought in ultrasound. The baby's heart had stopped cold and the heart valves were flittering. They rolled out a code-C and got that baby out.

The baby turned out for the most part ok. She is deaf, but otherwise ok. Admitedly, I'd be depressed if I went deaf, but this kid is a little miracle. She rolled into the ward today on her stroller. She had brown matted bed hair and big green eyes...adorable.

On a sidenote, the women I work with in OB are simply amazing. I love them and I wish I were attracted to them and vice versa. It would be amazing to share my life with such witty, radiant, kind-hearted folk. I wish I could bottle their brilliance to sprinkle on myself on nights when I want to fly.

beep beep beep. Time is up. Chicken is done on my microwave.

-bender