Chapter 7 - Specialists Condemn The Severe Neglect
The emergency department at Emory University Hospital was a blur of fluorescent lights, urgent medical staff, and worried families.
Within twenty minutes of our arrival, a senior attending gastroenterologist named Dr. Sterling reviewed Mom’s medical chart.
He looked up from the tablet, his expression severe and unapproving as his eyes swept over Christopher and me.
“Who allowed a patient with a fresh post-surgical complication and systemic infection to travel across state lines?” Dr. Sterling demanded.
“She insisted on helping us with our newborn baby... she hid the pain from us,” I confessed, my voice trembling with shame.
Dr. Sterling shook his head slowly, crossing his arms over his white lab coat with cold professional disappointment.
“Her incision site is severely infected, and her vital signs indicate she is sliding into septic shock,” the doctor stated bluntly.
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“If you had waited another twenty-four hours to bring her in, she wouldn't have survived the week.”
Those words hit me like a physical blow, leaving me gasping for air as Christopher pulled me into his arms to keep me from collapsing.
