The first is the sometimes Herculean efforts of the critical care team as it tries to save the life of the brain-injured patient, and the irony of the Pyrrhic victory when the body, but not the brain, has survived. The other is the cold emptiness of the operating room at the conclusion of the procedure, after the transplant team has rushed out with the living organs, after the anesthesiologist has turned off the monitors and ventilator, after the nurse and scrub tech leave. The room goes silent. All that remains is a lifeless shell, stripped of its organs, and one medical professional whose task it is to close the gaping wounds in the chest and abdomen.
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mikemathew
West Virginia Drug Addiction