Sorry ma'am, the ambulance that your new heart was travelling in has broken down
(it's going to be a long day)
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2 comments:
Wow. I cannot fathom how it would feel like to approach someone with these words.
Best of luck in the future though!
Luckily we didn't actually have to tell the patient this. Another ambulance picked up the heart/transplant team and patient got their transplant.
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