ravensgate
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Many years ago a very ill child (under the age of 6) was admitted to a hospital in Seattle. At one point he coded. The medical and nursing team were able to revive him. A few days later this little boy started drawing pictures of a child in a hospital bed.
One of the nurses asked him about that picture. He told her the boy in the hospital bed was him. He could see himself because he was "floating" above the team. He was able to tell her what they were doing to him, and which team members were working on him (all correct).
The nurse then asked him about the other child in the picture, who looked smaller than the boy in the hospital bed. The tiny baby beside his bed was drawn with a very big heart. The little patient told the nurse that the baby was his little brother; his heart was big because something was wrong with it.
The staff eventually asked the boy's parents, and they could not explain it because they had one child only.
Within months the boy's mother found out she was pregnant. She gave birth to a son. Unfortunately the newborn had a structural or functional congenital disorder that resulted in a larger-than-normal heart. Interesting, I'd say!
One of the nurses asked him about that picture. He told her the boy in the hospital bed was him. He could see himself because he was "floating" above the team. He was able to tell her what they were doing to him, and which team members were working on him (all correct).
The nurse then asked him about the other child in the picture, who looked smaller than the boy in the hospital bed. The tiny baby beside his bed was drawn with a very big heart. The little patient told the nurse that the baby was his little brother; his heart was big because something was wrong with it.
The staff eventually asked the boy's parents, and they could not explain it because they had one child only.
Within months the boy's mother found out she was pregnant. She gave birth to a son. Unfortunately the newborn had a structural or functional congenital disorder that resulted in a larger-than-normal heart. Interesting, I'd say!
