High Gear

Friday 2 nd Nov 2007.- all souls' day. Supposed to be one of those "ordinary " days , but turned out to be otherwise.

News of another heart & lung donor came early afternoon yesterday. The ICU team was again set on high gear. While the transplant team prepared to secure , the local resident team needed to do some housekeeping.. By the time the supply arrived at IJN, it was almost midnight. The ICU was on standby.

The 18 year old recipient was wheeled into ICU at 6 .30 am . Things went as routine until 10 am. There was a scare when the pressures plummeted. Doctors were called in. Finally , the haemodynamics steadied. We just have to wait . For acceptance & no rejection.

With the newly created awareness from Hui Yi 's case, transplants may be as common as CABGs.