Barb, a visiting nurse from the Easter Highlands here to get
some extra experience in OB ultrasound, sees me as I am coming back from lunch
and says there is a mom bleeding in D ward.
I find a mom laying on the bed, with a puddle of blood on the floor
under her and a pile of blood under her as I examine her. A quick exam and ultrasound reveal the baby’s
heartbeat is dangerously low and we need to do a C/S NOW to get the baby out if
it is going to survive. 
Barb, and the other nurses in the delivery room worked
quickly to get the mom ready, while I informed the OT crew. The OT crew had just finished a case and had
gone to lunch, but they all came back just then and they quickly got ready and
we got mom into the room and started the surgery. The baby, came out not breathing and without
a heartbeat, but quick work by our Anesthesia Officer, Mr. Geba and Barb helped
to bring him back.
Without Barb, without the D ward nurses and students getting
the patient ready, without the lab getting blood for the patient, without
Anesthesia making the surgery possible and helping with the baby resuscitation,
without our OT crew there to do this surgery, this baby wouldn’t be here and
this mom might not either. I am thankful
to be a part of this great team.
Pray that this little boy would continue to gain strength in
the coming days.
