From physician to patient: one doctor’s journey to finding purpose after a devastating injury
December 20, 2012, started like any other day as an OB/GYN when I was called to do a precipitous delivery. I immediately saw that the baby’s heart rate was dangerously low, and I knew I had to act quickly. Several nurses helped me maintain the patient’s position to get a vacuum on the baby’s crowning head. While placing the vacuum, the patient kicked me in my brachial plexus, and my …
From physician to patient: one doctor’s journey to finding purpose after a devastating injury
