The night train

I haven't posted as mush recently. I've been working a lot of nights and its tough to keep something like this up. Briefly, one of our regulars came in last night. Only this time she was coding. Found down by EMS, she arrived intubated and actively receiving chest compressions.

She was young (in her 40s). Always came in with pancreatitis because she couldn't stay away from the alcohol. She was actually one of our more pleasant regulars. I felt sorry for her in some way. She wasn't addicted to narcotics, just alcohol. She only came to the ED because her habit caused her pancreas to flare up.

She died last night. It was her thirteenth visit this year. How unlucky.

I'll be back on days soon. Better blogs will return...