overwhelming

I am in a half comatose state now :)


Very proud of myself, slept for 2 hrs yesterday, but still managed to get to chuch at 7 am (on duty)..served til 1pm..then went to work again...got back home at 1am.. It's quite amazing that i pulled through the long day with just 2 hrs of sleep, considering I am not already young biologically...


Too much going on. Too overwhelming. Very drained. I guess all my adrenaline must have been exhausted.


Today everyone got very emotional in the department.


We had a very shocking resuscitation. A young mom brought in her 5 year old boy. The 5 year old, severely wasted, weighs only 10 Kgs, at the verge of dying. Temperature of only 26C (normal body temperature should be 35-37C), blood sugar of only 1.6 ( anything below 3 we get a lil concerned) , pH of 7.0 ( again, should be 7.35-7.45)


5 year old boy who weighs 10 Kg. Literally skin and bones. You wouldnt believe you were in Australia if you saw that. You wouldn't even see that in Africa.


The mom , 21 weeks pregnant, came from interstate. She, being pregnant, together with her 5 young children, had been living in her small CAR on the street for 3 MONTHS.
The children were without food for ???days/weeks.
They have sores all over their body.


Can you believe this.


We managed to keep the child alive.
The police were there too. They are likely to charge her with child abuse.


My heart aches. A lot of staff got very emotional. Many cried.


This is not a simple issue about poverty and homelessness. For no one really is too poor in Australia, the government and NGOs looks after their ppl very well.


Why would this happen? The woman was obviously not in the right mind.


I dunno whatelse to say.
I wonder what kind of darkness has she been living in...
And what kind of ppl would the kids grow up to be, if they made it.


Quite an emotionally draining moment.