Tonight a patient came to the ER in respiratory distress, panicked, gasping for air. I go the bedside to help, and she looks at me wild-eyed, managing to say, “You saved my life.”
Trying to engage her as I put in an IV, I asked her when.
“Years ago.”
I assured her I’d do my best to take care of her this time too.
Sometimes we make a difference and don’t even know it.