#3 Asked for water
When I was 19 I was working in a lab at a hospital as a phleb and I was really really good at drawing blood. Was called to ER to draw blood from a 12 year old at around 7am. He had spider web looking veins all over his body except hands, feet and above the neck.
Called back again to draw a second sample. Everything was purple. He looked up at me and asked me if he could have some water. I looked at the attending and he shook his head ‘no’ and then mouthed ‘we are about to intubate. He grabs my hand and two seconds later he went into arrest. His parents were outside the room looking in thru glass. Mom was balling. Dad was balling. Everyone did chest compressions for what seemed like 45 minutes.
He d**d. Last thing he said to anyone was to ask for some water. From me. I left. Kept my composure. Got to a private hallway and started balling… entire way back to our office. Walked in to my bosses office and said ‘I quit’. Turns out kid had bacterial meningitis.
