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Melting

By Claire Gist Bradberry

The echocardiogram came back. His heart was so big it could barely beat: dilated cardiomyopathy. 

“He’ll be lucky to make it to Little Rock alive.” 

We told his mama. She melted to the floor. We melted too. 

“I didn’t bring him in soon enough.” 

You came as soon as you knew. It’s not your fault.

Claire is a third year medical student at UAMS Northwest who wrote this story to express the grief that emergency medicine encounters can bring for patients, their families, and their physicians.

Posted on October 9, 2023

Filed Under: 8 - 55 Words

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