All in one day

A liking has birthed within me for this new television series my Dad just recently downloaded; Miami Medical. So much so that it has become the only television series I've been following - even though I only get to watch it on weekends. It's so insightful how one incident links to another, how rapid a person's condition may change in a split second and how true doctors know what to do at all the right times to save a life. As perfection can't ever be achieved, I like the fact that they prove it to be true. I like that even though they may not be able to save each and every life, they don't hesitate to try for the very least with whatever willpower they have within themselves.

A few lessons were learnt while watching Miami Medical and I just had to let them flow through my fingertips to be splattered onto this almost abandoned baron I call my blogsphere. I just feel that I don't get to update as much as I'd love to.

But here:

Lesson 1# - A need to be emotional enough.

"A doctor should be emotionally attached enough to save the patients life, but not too attached till' it prevents them from doing their job", replied my Dad when I sprung on him a few questions I needed answers to. I watched Dr. Eva as she drew the binds to a close of the ward she locked herself in. She ached for some alone-time to absorb all that took place in one day. She also ached to regain the time she had to save the lives of people she couldn't. Because by every tick of the hands of time, a life is either taken or given. And I watched how death can lead to an emotional turmoil, especially when you're still new do the whole "being-a-doctor" routine.

Lesson 2# - The life of a person is in the palm of your hands. 

Each time a patient is rushed through the doors with a medical need, the doctor has to register every little detail about what the patient is suffering from. It is deemed necessary. The doctor has to be able to subscribe the right medicine to treat the specific illness and has to present the correct analysis. Otherwise, complications might occur and death might be a permanent visitor. It is always intense when in the midst of surgery or reviving a heart break-down. It feels as if a big rock of burden is weighed upon your shoulders when everyone is dependent on you to keep the patient's heart beating. And sometimes, a doctor has to go all-out. And by all-out, I mean breaking the law if they have to. But what I've realized is that the outcome of saving a life is far greater than it just being a job, as God once said, "When you bless others, you will be blessed in return".

Lesson 3# - It's never easy to call the time of death.

The aforementioned two lessons pretty much links up to this lesson too, as it is in the everyday life of a doctor - a life-saver, they are through my eyes. These selfless human beings give it all their might to do whatever they can, every single day, to fight a patient's death. No one said it was easy; they knew it would never be easy, but they chose to do it anyways. They are committed. Not only to their job, but to the patient. But sometimes, no matter how committed a doctor is, death wins the battle. And when that happens, doctors have no choice but to call the time of death. I may not be a doctor but after watching a few episodes, I managed to put myself in the shoes of a doctor and so I'm guessing that when a doctor has to call the time of death, it means that they did not give it their best shot at saving a life; that they failed. Just maybe. Then when that episode is over, the next step is the hardest which is breaking the news to the patient's family. It's hard enough to comprehend the fact that a patient's life could not be saved and now this? I just can't imagine what it would feel like.

Dr. Chris 'C' Deleo.

All in all, at the end of the day, when all is said and done, a little fun will manage to creep into the routined lives of doctors just so that their day would feel even more worth-while. After all, they deserve it. Most of all, they deserve to be appreciated.