We've had a patient in our intensive care for a few weeks. He is in his 30's and had a heart attack on a golf course. He was golfing with strangers in a "scramble tournament" and one of those strangers performed CPR on him for about 40 minutes with no outward response. The heart surgeon was in agony about whether or not to repair his heart because of the amount of time this guy went without oxygen -- great likelihood of a vegetative state if he survived. Ultimately the idea of the man's small children won out. After surgery, it looked for weeks as though the vegetative state would be the outcome. No purposeful movements or responses. I kept hearing about this case in rounds but was not consulted yet (inappropriate at that point for my official job in the hospital); it was driving me crazy. I sent distance healing instead, during rounds and any time of day when he would come to mind. The next thing I heard was that he was being scheduled for a swallow study to see whether he was safe to eat yet and that he had just finished walking a few laps around the nurse's station with his wife! I have since become involved officially with his case and he has a significant brain injury but absolutely nothing on the scale of what we would reasonably expect. Everyone calls him our miracle, including the skeptical heart surgeon. I don't know how much I contributed, and I know he had the good will and prayers of many coming his way. It's been great to see him return to the living.

What a wonderful outcome! And more to come, I am sure. What is your official capacity at the hospital, if you can share? (Retired CRNA here.)

Keep up the great work!

I am a speech-language pathologist... But our name is a bit of a misnomer or just incomplete. I work mostly with swallowing disorders.
Peace!

Leigh,
This is such a heart warming story!!! PLEASE keep sharing these kind of things with us!!! This just reinforces that QT can and is a very important tool to use in the healing processes!!! Thanks again for sharing, and as I said before, PLEASE keep saring!!
Light, Peace, and Loving Healing Energy,
Cindysue