We slid the wedding set off the ring finger of a 71 year old woman in hospice care as she was being discontinued from mechanical respiratory support and handed them to her 16 year old granddaughter.
She hadn't taken those rings off that finger in 37 years.
A hot off the press emergency medicine resident in the heartland. Trained abroad; an incorrigible wanderer. Join me as I readjust to American life and try not to (further) damage my patients, one shift at a time. . .
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