David told me this story that happened to him. As he was telling me, I couldn't help but find myself getting all riled up and more attracted to him. He is so awesome!!!
He was on the labor and delivery unit working. During his shift there was a crazy, pregnant woman going into severe pre-clampsia and pulmonary edema. David recognized it and his mad doctor skills took over. He said when he found her, he could hear her lungs starting to gurgle from 2 feet away as she breathed, because she was drowning in her lungs from the pulmonary edema that had developed. And the baby's heart tones were severely dropping.
David immediately upon discovering this told the woman she needed an emergency C-section right away. She, being a crazy lady, refused. So, he told tell her if she didn't she and her baby would die. She still refused, but her mother who was also there was trying to get the woman to consent to no avail...
David was in a difficult position because if her touched her at that point it would be considered battery.
However, her vitals and the baby's were still dropping. Because of that, David decided he could not wait for her to consent anymore. It was now a life or death situation and she needed the emergency surgery or both would die. And, she obviously was not thinking straight.
But, there was no anesthesiologist on the floor - and no superior attending...
Despite that David had to do the surgery anyway. So he took the lady back to the OR immediately and prepped her for surgery. At the last minute an anesthesiologist came in and put the woman to sleep. And, David just began to cut away as fast as he could starting from the woman's belly button down.
When he got the baby out, it was limp and thought to be dead. But the neonatal team quickly began their work and revived the baby. While that was going on, David reached in the woman's uterus to pull out a completely abrupted placenta. He cleaned her out, then the woman went immediately to the ICU after he closed her up. She possibly has pneumonia in addition to her high blood pressure, and pulmonary edema.
David saved both the Mom's and baby's lives just in the nick of time because of his quick thinking and mad surgery skills.
Later the neo-natologist told David, "One more minute and the baby would have died, without a doubt."
I wish I was there!! I am so proud of him.
DECK THE STALLS
10 years ago
2 comments:
Yea, Dave! That's totally awesome! What a rush that must have been!
That is awesome. It makes me want to cry...suprise suprise.:) I am proud to know Dave too! That poor baby. I am so glad everything turned out ok. Stories like that hit me so much more when they involve children. What a great doctor Dave is.
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