tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post3419200193504913131..comments2024-02-17T14:50:54.001-05:00Comments on Notes of an Anesthesioboist: What is DeathT.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-59701080393137804432017-01-01T13:21:56.671-05:002017-01-01T13:21:56.671-05:00I've stumbled onto your blog post. I too am a...I've stumbled onto your blog post. I too am an anesthesiologist, and also an intensivist, with many stories so that minds might bend and hearts can mend. On many occasions over 26 years, I've been asked my thoughts on my 'toughest case'.<br /><br />In the early 1990's, a 7 yr. old was caught in a house fire in Akron, OH. You will know, intimately, the details of the case I did 7 days later in the middle of the night when the 'team' arrived. Hemodynamic/oxygenation management completed. Spiritual reconstruction underway. I vividly recall touching every off button, one by one. No alarms. No banter. Emptiness was never so loud.<br /><br />Best of luck to you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251830083236528041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-28884380650675976562017-01-01T13:04:08.095-05:002017-01-01T13:04:08.095-05:00I have stumbled onto your blog post Dr. T. I am al...I have stumbled onto your blog post Dr. T. I am also an anesthesiologist and an intensivist, with many stories to tell, minds to bend and hearts to mend. I've been asked what my 'toughest case' has been over the past 26 years many times. Your post has reminded me, again. A 7 yr. old was caught in a house fire in Akron, OH and apparently found refuge in the bedroom closet. You would know, intimately, the details of the case I did 7 days later when the 'team' arrived late at night. I vividly recall touching each of the off switches before walking away. No alarms. No banter. No forgetting. Yet, emptiness has never been so loud.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251830083236528041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-88861682465815860312012-04-05T12:23:26.431-04:002012-04-05T12:23:26.431-04:00you are amazing - thank you for sharing.you are amazing - thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-78457297435484809292012-02-22T00:29:09.423-05:002012-02-22T00:29:09.423-05:00Posts like this are why I love blogs -- honest, be...Posts like this are why I love blogs -- honest, beautifully-written, poignant. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Please, don't stop writing.kimberhttp://www.kbannerman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-81868779445408278982012-01-11T21:19:54.532-05:002012-01-11T21:19:54.532-05:00Please keep writing! Share! Writing is the glue ...Please keep writing! Share! Writing is the glue that keeps us together. Spoken words can disappear so quickly, but writing allows us to ponder. Thank you for taking the time to let us into your world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-74668851222282196062011-12-30T23:58:06.581-05:002011-12-30T23:58:06.581-05:00I stumbled on your post just now and want to tell ...I stumbled on your post just now and want to tell you thank you for the work you do, especially during organ harvesting. My 30-year-old son received a liver two years ago after his liver was damaged by a prescribed medication he took as a teenager. All through the night of the transplant, obviously, my thoughts were on my son, but also on the donor and his family. I still think about the mother of the donor nearly everyday and hope she has found some peace after enduring just what you described. I don't know why her son is gone yet my son is alive and well, but I know that in part, it's because of doctors like you. Thank you.gilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161475550868269459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-5341640961083138062011-10-31T09:52:29.904-04:002011-10-31T09:52:29.904-04:00Wow I don't even know what to say. I never tho...Wow I don't even know what to say. I never thought of an anesthesiologist in that way. I always just thought it was the person that gave the medication for surgeries and that was it. <br />I too saw that episode on Ghost Whisperer and it made me rethink situations like that. After watching it I knew I wanted to put together a will that says not to keep me on life support after so long.<br />Thanks for sharing this insight with us! It was very powerful and really made me think differently.Brooke @ United Anesthesiahttp://www.unitedanesthesia.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-37551287102174288382011-10-25T02:22:17.167-04:002011-10-25T02:22:17.167-04:00Thank you for posting your thinking, feelings, and...Thank you for posting your thinking, feelings, and reactions to this type of surgery. I admit I had never put together the anesthesiologist's role in organ retrieval surgeries. But it must feel so bizarre to be there and then leave.<br /><br />I've been missing reading your posts, hope life is treating you well and you're enjoying yourself!Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274913724638456096noreply@blogger.com