Simple symptoms lead to major health discoveries

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“This handsome, bright, and cheerful child came to the four -year -old to the emergency room because he was facing difficulty moving his feet. I will call him from now on. Or stomach pain, vomiting, or any signs of infection at all … “

“The pediatrician then conducted the physical examination; the motor force and the reactions were very bad, especially in the lower limbs. Otherwise, everything seemed fine. When the child was asked whether he was suffering from pain or discomfort in the limbs, he told us Kindly, he did not feel any of this, nor did he suffer from severe headache or dizziness, and urination and defecation seem very normal.

It is true that the laboratory results came first without any defect. While we were waiting for the result of the CT scans, my friends and I spoke a little with the child and his family because he was very loved. In an uncomfortable room full of children crying out of their hearts, K quietly played with his mother and aunt. He also did not cry when the venous line was introduced earlier, although he said he was painful. His full cheeks, clear skin and black jet hair made us more liked. However, the situation changed quickly when the result of the CT scans was released. It has clearly shown a bad mass in the brain, which is severely suspected of being a malignant tumor that needs immediate surgery.

After that, it became almost like foggy. Children consult with neurosurgeons. Then it was time to announce the bad news of the family: there was crying and panic, negotiating the treatment options, and the diagnosis in the future. Usually I do not share my feelings in this kind of moments, but that night I did so. Almost a week later, my shift in the children’s wing was performed. There I found K, lying on the bed, unconscious, and the trachea tube is connected to the mask of the manual sac valve run by one of my colleagues. Here, patients with children who did not get a ventilation device were placed in the intensive care unit for children in the usual pavilion, and students of practical training, like us, were pressing the bag mask throughout the day and night, alternating between 12 hours of work attacks. . Thus, I spent my 12 -hour weekend pushing to pay the oxygen to his lungs and absorb phlegm from the poor child K.

The surgery went well, but “K” did not wake up from his sleep a week ago. It must really happen incorrectly. The opportunity to survive was always very small, close to scratch. His family will always have a place in my heart.

Reina S.