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RE: Chronicles of an Inner City Hospital Resident Doctor #1

Thank you kindly for your appreciation! ☺️

The joy honestly depends on the patient. On the general medical floors or in the MICU, a revival is often proceeded by a sense of impending doom, because we know how sick the patient is and that the chances of further survival with an acceptable quality of life is severely diminished. The rewarding moments occur when we see the patient recover close to how they were before, which is unfortunately quite rare (for multiple reasons: by the time recovery occurs, the care teams switch; permanent damage from crashing the first time). The few times these recoveries happen, and we're around long enough to witness them, they are indeed very joyful.