heartwarming

So today at work, it was aroung 4:00 and I was soooo ready to call it quits and go home. Then my 4:00 patient got there. It was a hopital follow up. When we take kids to the hospital to do there dental work, we like to see them back in 3 weeks to see how they are doing post-op. So I go get my little boy and his mom. We sit down and are talking and she starts asking me questions about what we did to her sone. Then she told that she could not remember what we did to him. In fact, she dosen't remember anything from Sept. to December. I was wondering why but I didn't want to ask. So one of my Dr.'s comes over to look at the patient and we get into the story.

So this mom has some type of intestinal disease that is terminal and she is also diabetic. Well, a while ago she had surgery and had to have a feeding tube put in. So she noticed that the area around the feeding tube was looking suspicious and she kept asking the Dr.'s at Duke about it, but they told her it was okay and not to worry about it. One day her son founf her passed out on the floor. Well, her son is autistic and he's got ADHD. He's only like 6 or 7. He goes to the phone, calls 9-1-1. Tells them about his mom, hangs up and then calls her freind to come over.

Long story short, she had gotten Mercer from her feeding tube and her organs started shutting down. She had like 15% chance of surviving. Well, she pulled through it and everything is okay now. If her son had not found her and called 9-1-1 she most definatley died that day. I just think this is such an uplifting story that a child who is only 7 with Autism and ADHD could hold himself together, not freak out, and calmy and rationally go call 9-1-1 for his mother. It really warmed my heart. He's a great kid and I know his mom is proud!

Anyway, I thought it was good story and maybe something that would make you feel good. You get tired of always hearing bad. So everybody have a great day and until next time.............