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Friday, May 17, 2019

Emergency Room Series:Be Grateful

Every day is a gift....................






Hello everyone, trust we are doing okay. The emergency unit has been a lot more busy than usual and I don’t know why oo, the rates of falls and trauma have suddenly come up. May God keep us safe.

All stories in the ER makes one thankful for life, no matter what the situation may be. I want to share the story of a lady that came to the emergency unit. She was in her late forties.


She walked in with her husband to complain of back pains that had been ongoing for about two weeks. She would take pain relief drugs but after a while, the pains would start again. She thought it was something that had to do with straining her back but she claimed not to have fallen or hurt herself. The pain was so intense. I initially thought she had gall stones or a poorly treated urine infection based on how she explained her symptoms. It was just the pain that was the symptom.


She was told to make some urine in a bottle. Her urine was dipped but was negative so urinary tract infection was ruled out. She went in for a CT scan of her abdomen, little did she know that the results would change her life.


After the CT scan, she sat patiently in the waiting area. Within 30 minutes, the radiologist at the CT unit called the ER and requested the doctor in charge of her case comes down immediately. That hasn’t happened before so there had to be something wrong. Shortly after, the doctor went back to the woman and requested she does an MRI. She was puzzled and asked why but the doctor only said it was to get to the root of her back pains. He didn’t want to conclude just yet. As the woman followed the doctor through the ER to the MRI suite I could see something was surprising to the doctor. When he got back, I asked what the update for the patient was as I needed to update her notes. He said the CT scan revealed tiny and numerous tumours on her kidney, liver, stomach and gall bladder. He felt they were malignant and spreading from a source. 

In other words, she might have cancer!

 The puzzling part is to how she would have those many growths on her organs and not lose weight, be nauseated often for no reason, have bladder problems or feel generally unwell. She looked so fit and radiant. Even the back pain didn’t stop her from walking.


Shortly after, an oncologist came to check the CT images on the system and discuss with the doctor. The woman went back to the waiting area.


The MRI results further showed that she had cancer of the gallbladder and it had spread to the surrounding organs. If you are in the medical field, you’ll understand why it is surprising to have multiple organ tumours and be asymptomatic. Medically, she should look pale and jaundiced, she would experience bloating and abdominal pains followed by intermittent fever at least. 


The doctor and oncologist called her into an office where they broke the news to her. I can’t imagine the devastation.


During my break, the doctor happened to be having his too so I asked how the patient took the news. He said it was the most difficult news he had to tell a patient. He said her husband even had prostate cancer and she has been his main carer since his treatment started.


These are people who claim to work out, eat right and sleep well. They have the money to give themselves the best of health care. It’s not like they are eating bad food that have them cancer.. Cases like this just make you question what this life is all about.

I keep saying it that it’s important to be grateful for what we have and even what we don’t.

See ehn, if you are healthy and on your feet, that’s the best gift of God to any human. I’ve seen more than enough. If you want to understand life, Come to the hospital, where you see people on oxygen or ventilators because they can’t breath on their own or People who can’t walk due to fractures and are in severe pain that they have to depend on morphine to feel better.

These people are even thankful that they are still alive despite their condition, they keep fighting death and hoping their health would be great again

In other words, give thanks to your God for life.

35 comments:

  1. Fit people with cancer! I am super greatful Jesus.

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  2. Thank You Lord God for life. I am grateful Lord.

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    1. I've been to the hospital almost everyday and week from late March up until last week,
      God is faithful no money can buy good health .
      We should learn to look beyond our struggles sometimes and yes I'm speaking to me too.

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  3. I thank you Jesus for life. It's well.

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  4. Death is what comes into my mind when I hear cancer .So what will she do now? Can it be cured? God please may we never find ourselves in a problem or situation that we can't solve.

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    1. Some cancers don't give symptoms till stage 4. Now that she had symptoms, if a miracle doesn't happen, she will be dead within a few months

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  5. Just the news of my mom's cancer came! My head did 360 degrees...ha! I wept! I prayed! We refused to tell her, although the doctor said she had fews days to live. We kept telling her it was the hepatitis C that she had that was the problem, she was in so much pain and was so slim. I keep asking God what happened to her, how she and her brother would die in the space of 1 year for cancer. As I was reading, I knew it was cancer she had...I pray she beats cancer. Rest on mom...U broke my heart, I wish you told me earlier that U had hepatitis, it stayed in your body that long and turned to cancer and your brother's children didn't disclose their dad had hepatitis and U went to take care of him without knowing. Finding out early would have saved you...why selfless people like you dies the way you did still beats me.

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    1. It's well dear. God will continue to be with your family. I don't know why cancer has not gotten cure yet.

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    2. OMG. God comfort you all Amen. So sad

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    3. May the good Lord continue to give you the grace you need to pull through.
      Rest in peace Mama

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    4. Anonymous 13.59.
      You may not be totally correct.
      Hepatitis c rarely transforms to cancer of the liver within a few.
      They probably both got the hepatitis as kids living in the same house.
      So stop blaming "YOUR cousins".
      This one you re refering to them as " your brother's children" na wah

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    5. This is why I hate the mentality of shielding people from bad news. See how the disease spread and your poor mum got killed.

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  6. Thank you heavenly father for the gift of good health. I pray God to grants us all good health all the days of our lives. May God heal from the roots anybody that is sick of any ailment or disease.

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  7. I'm grateful Oh Lord for the gift of life

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  8. Wow! I pray for healing from above for her.
    Thank you Jesus for the gift of life and sound health. Forgive me for my ingratitude and complaints. Thank you soooo much!

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  9. God I thank you for the gift of life

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  10. Every new born child,every drop of rain,every golden ray of sun,each head of grain, ALL are gift from GOD.
    We need to love and thank God,the creator and maker of all good things
    We need to show that we are grateful and deserving of his undeserved kindness.
    LIFE TRULY IS A MIRACLE

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    1. wow will be watching your comments hence forth sis

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  11. Thank you Jesus for the gift of life.

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  12. Thank you Jesus for the gift of life.

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  13. OMG what a situation for both of them. It will never be well with cancer Amen.

    Everyday is just to say thank you God Almighty for everything

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  14. Thank you Heavenly father for the gift of life

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  15. Mehn... Thank you God..
    We are so grateful for life

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  16. Enter your comment...
    THANK YOU JEHOVAH FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE

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  17. Thank you Lord Jesus for good health.

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  18. Thank you Jesus for sound health

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  19. Thank you Lord for sound health

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  20. thank you God for the gift of life and Good health,lord am grateful

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  21. Ah! Lord I thank you for my life and that of my family. I'm sorry for the times I was ungrateful.

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  22. Thank you lord for good health

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