"Everything is going to be alright, maybe not today, but eventually."
Sometimes the URL of this blog is just so fitting.
I was watching a medical show the other day where this woman was in a pretty bad accident. Her vehicle was t-boned and her door took most of the impact. She seemed to be doing quite well when she first arrived at the hospital - minimal pain and just some bumps and bruises. She was taken in for a CT scan to check for internal bleeding and ended up coding on the table. The doctor explained that after the accident her body created additional adrenaline to help with the pain and shock. Due to the excitement of the ER and the stress of moving and talking, her body had not had a chance to relax prior to receiving the CT scan. During the scan, her body was able to relax, which removed the "block" of the adrenaline on her wounds. Although this woman had been perfectly fine on the outside, and although she could not feel the damage that had been done, her body was dying.
