The mid-life unemployment crisis, the aging parents, and the gradually withering lives around us, how should we ** become more and more anxious at the moment?
Before answering this question, it is recommended that you read "My Life Hangs by a Thread" first.
The author, Bo Shining, is an expert in intensive care medicine at the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University and a senior ICU doctor who has been practicing for 22 years, has participated in the treatment of tens of thousands of critical cases, witnessed countless lives and deaths, and understands the meaning of survival better than ordinary people.
The brilliance of this book lies in the fact that it uses 19 true stories to show the escape, struggle, reluctance and guilt of people facing illness, as well as the darkness and brilliance of human nature in times of crisis.
Although the patients in each case have different diseases, treatment techniques, disease outcomes, and different attitudes towards diagnosis and treatment, these 19 cases all meet an important screening criterion without exception: each case can explain a theme.
The process of successful treatment of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome who is paralyzed, has respiratory failure, and cannot open or close his eyes, through this case, how to stimulate and protect the patient's "desire to live" when his life is hanging by a thread;Through the case of a middle-aged father who brought his son with mental illness to the hospital and died suddenly on the street, he explores what "rational love" isThrough the decision-making process of a case that chooses to go home at the end of life, think about what can be done to make our loved ones say goodbye to this world more peacefully, bitterly, and with dignity, and what is the ...... of a "good death".
The 19 true stories contained in "My Life Hangs by a Thread" show us the strength and courage of patients and families in the face of illness and life-and-death challenges, and give us an insight into the complexities behind life care and decision-making.
For example, the author once treated a 41-year-old male patient with organ failure, and stayed at the patient's bedside every day, monitoring his vital signs, correcting shock, and ...... severe infectionTen days later, the patient finally recovered.
When the patient's wife learned that the patient's condition had improved and he was out of danger, she shouted to a boy who looked like a high school student in the corridor, "Go to school, hear me, your dad is fine."
She said that the child has refused to go to school for many days, waiting at the door of the ICU every day, waiting for his father, how cold it is in winter, the swishing wind, no matter how cold it is at night, he will not go back, this is good, the child can finally go to school with peace of mind.
The greatest thing about medicine is that it buys people more time.
This time is first of all for the patient, so that they can feel the efforts of the family and the doctor, this time is also for the family, the process of the patient is also in the process of themselves, with this period of time not to let go, their love can be expressed, and the emotion can be released.
The author also mentions an example of a 66-year-old tetanus patient who was first admitted to the hospital, and his son asked the doctor how long it would take, and the doctor told him to "wait for the toxin to slowly disappear, usually about four weeks". But four weeks passed, his condition did not heal, and the family said that there was really no money, their hopes were about to be dashed, and they thought of giving up.
But the doctor thinks that the patient still has great hope, and it is a pity to give up at this time. How to let them stay, how to give the patients a chance to live?
The doctor told them that tetanus does take time, but there are no sequelae afterward. You've made it to this point, and you may soon see an inflection point.
In the end, the family listened to the doctor's advice and chose to persevere, and the patient recovered quickly, and he is now looking for odd jobs to supplement the family.
Not only that, but the author also cites examples of other patients, and through the experiences of these living beings, they tell people that "it is wonderful to be alive, and every life is worth cherishing." ”
Among these patients are wives who are unwilling to accept brain death and miss the time for body donation;A father who took his son to the doctor but died suddenly;Every day from the back staircase into the ICU to wake up the mother of the son at the end;Placental invasion of the uterus in the mother;Hemorrhagic fever of young people;Auntie who survived cancer;A middle-aged man who came to Beijing for vascular interventional surgery by medical ambulance;Moyamoya disease is reluctant to lead to intracerebral hemorrhage in colleagues;A girl who was abandoned by her parents' boyfriend and jumped off a building pregnant;The sister who was given up by her family under the guise of "dignity";Neurotoxic demyelinating sister;Dr. Zhang Shuji, who was diagnosed with intractable diseases in a textbook way;The MDT team with 24-hour continuous surgery to remove a huge tumor in the thoracic cavity;A middle-aged man who suddenly saves himself in a moment of despair;Teenage girls who insist on being discharged, uncles, aunts;The grandfather who took care of his wife ......
It is precisely because he has witnessed too many life and death partings that the author, as a doctor, is unwilling to let go before his illness, and always races against time with death to save lives until the last moment of the patient's life.
At the same time, the case studies in the book make us think about the meaning and value of life, and how we should weigh various factors when making important decisions.
By reading and thinking about the stories in the book, we can care more about the people around us, cherish every moment of life more, and make wise decisions in the face of difficult situations, and write our own life stories with courage and perseverance.
After reading this book, I will look back at the topic of how to ** my heart, and I believe everyone has the answer.
That is, the best ** in life is to treat today as the last day.