NUMB OF APPRECIATION: NAVIGATING THE ORDINARINESS OF WHAT MATTERS
I called a Code Stroke on a perfectly able patient the day prior. Quick background: This patient came in for shortness of breath after a round of dialysis. I know what her baseline function is and I know shes's okay--although with considerable comorbidities due to her SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus). In fact, her being on regular dialysis was caused by one of SLE's complications called Lupus Nephritis. Three hours before calling the code that day, she was responding to normally, took her medications per usual. Nothing significantly unusual so I moved on to my other patients. Around 11am, Josh, one…