tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post3707692217840072243..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: What to expect when someone is expecting deathSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-65331246741599995172013-02-04T15:48:45.474-05:002013-02-04T15:48:45.474-05:00I'm so sorry, Suzan. But that's even more ...I'm so sorry, Suzan. But that's even more evidence that just because someone has been given a severe or terminal diagnosis, the final script really hasn't been written. <br /><br />In case you don't know, I'm retraining for Radiologic Technologist. Just today we were reviewing films of SBF (small bowel follow through). One of the films our instructor pointed out the aneurysm on the descending aorta. It was very faint, and everybody including the radiologist missed it. Fortunately the Rad Tech student who took the image was studying it for class (our instructors can put a film up and then ask us anatomy questions) and saw something that didn't look right. She brought it to the attention of the attending doctor. Saved a life that day. It was very, very hard to see (even when we knew where to look).Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-29546727669310035012013-02-04T15:07:23.216-05:002013-02-04T15:07:23.216-05:00Heck, even terminally ill people get hit by buses,...<i>Heck, even terminally ill people get hit by buses, you know.</i><br /><br />Thanks for saying this. My paternal grandmother was diagnosed with colon cancer, but she never made it to her six-month post-op check-up. She died of an aortic aneurysm five months after her surgery.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.com