It's like my legs weigh 100 pounds… You think about it, dwell on it and it makes it worse. So, part of it is mental and part of it is physical fatigue. You are not your normal self and you…
When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. —Martin Henry Fischer Pediatric delirium is an under-recognized and often…
We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it. She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth. —William Shakespeare, in Macbeth , Act II, Scene I The purpose of this chapter is to…
As I stand in the night the fear approaches I stand strong and face it with all I have It tears and beats down on me I stand my ground and face whatever it comes at me with It reaches…
Something can come out of the child's death that will help others. I feel good knowing that it (autopsy) could help to prevent this from happening to another child or family. —Quotes from parents whose children died of a rare…
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. —Ivy Baker Priest Organ transplantation is a potentially life-saving treatment option for those with end-stage organ failure. When organ transplantation began in…
The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. —Helen Keller Relief of suffering is fundamental to the practice of palliative care. On occasion, children with life-threatening illness may suffer from severe or escalating symptoms that…
You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
Only connect. That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. —E. M. Forster, in Howards…
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches on the soul and sings the tune, without the words, and never stops at all. —Emily Dickinson The introduction of palliative care into the plan of care for a pediatric patient can…