抗拒自然

值班的时候收了一个严重先天畸形的年轻病人,从小进进出出在我们医院无数次。前段时间在家里摔了,脑膜下血肿,手术以后血肿又复现,做了引流,但是又引发感染,近几个月反复的手术,,把孩子折磨得奄奄一息。

感染科attending来会诊,看了他的脑脊液标本,然后看了他无数的头颅CT,感染attending问我,你打算怎么办呢?大概是人累了,或者最近比较灰色,我脱口而出,just leave him alone, make him comfortable.

这个感染科attending是个民主随和的人,我们就聊了一会儿。我说我们现在这样是抗拒自然的规律,这个孩子受尽了磨难,但是以后又怎么办呢。

感染attending说,我们医生做的哪件事情,不是违抗自然的呢?我们互相苦笑。孩子还是被用上了很强的抗生素,然后神经外科又安排了引流手术。

抗拒自然,还是改善健康,这之间有一条看不见的线,我们没有那双慧眼,更重要的是,没有那个权利去决定。

xux 发表评论于
What I am wondering is how can the parents afford the medical bill?
Bali 发表评论于
Mao once said that people could overcome nature...that guy was a nuts and fooled the whole generation (thank God I wasn't born then). We can never ever overcome nature. If I was in that boy's situation, I would want to be "made comfortble"....if I must go, I would go.... Many religions believe that this world is a just a waiting room....
nicelks 发表评论于
Bless the kid and hope he recover well. Have a prosperous Chinese New Year!
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