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The author, a man with black hair and eyes wearing blue scrubs stands in the hospital alongside a woman in blue scrubs.

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A Day in My Life as a Doctor for 'Miracle Babies' in the Neonatal Hospital Unit

Today is a typical working day in the tertiary level neonatal unit where I look after all sorts of “miracle babies.” Some premature babies weigh just 485 grams. That’s correct: a birth weight of half a kilogram! Some are ventilated long-term, and some struggle hard to keep their heart beating — holding onto life through [...]

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Dysautonomia 4y

Hospital admission out of state

Came out to Ohio to visit my grandparents, especially my grandfather who's home on hospice. Yesterday thought was just flare in symptoms from pushing to hard and doing lot more activity then I'm used to... Well, last night ended up with temp 104.7 and heart rate running 150s all indications I have sepsis yet again! This will be number 15 so familiar with the territory... My palliative team is amazing and they created a letter hitting all the highlights with my illnesses and what treatments work with me. It has been such a help! Would reccomend to anyone with chronic illness, makes admission soooo much easier! Because it's signed by Dr carries a little more weight too. Anyone else have something that helps with admissions? Especially out of state? #Dysautonomia #Sepsis #Hospital #Gastroparesis #PalliativeCare

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Lexi Silva

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@lexi_silva

Caregivers' Corner 4y

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Update

Hello mighty family 👋🏼

I recently posted that we decided on palliative care for my grandfather. He passed yesterday afternoon.

Thank you for your words of kindness and support during this time. 🙏🏼 If you do not hear from me for a bit, I am taking time to grieve with my family.

I hope you all are doing well ❤️

#Grief #coping #Disability #PalliativeCare

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Lexi Silva

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Struggling #Caregiving

I try so hard to “be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud” 🌈 but today, I’m struggling. 🌧

As some of you may know, my grandfather (the person my mother and I care for) has been in the hospital and it wasn’t looking good. Well, after being intubated AGAIN, my mother and I talked about how palliative care is most likely the next step.

I’m attempting to be at peace with this chapter of my life (with him in it) ending. I’ve cried, a lot. But I’ve also laughed a lot. Those memories I have will last me a lifetime. My biggest hope is for a peaceful transition and for him to no longer suffer/be in pain.

Please hug your loved ones a little tighter for me ❤️ I had 25 years with him and it still doesn’t feel like enough.

#Disability #Hospital #MentalHealth #PalliativeCare

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