Morning, March 15

(e-mail from B. Parady)

They moved Sabina to another suite in the SICU, 4030. She looks somewhat stable. I talked to Dr Leifer about rehab and the like. She is severely injured and may make significant recovery. Currently there is little to offer in her coma. We need to shed the pneumonia and the like.

Given the extent injury, the only local facility capable of her care is Mt Sinai. If any of you have contacts there please pass them along. Cornell has a rehab, but it is for those who can walk. Sabina has a long road ahead of her.

Basically we need to hope and pray. Time for more miracles. We talked about treatment for her fevers and he suggested the place for treatment with bromocriptine was in the rehab setting.

Now for some discussion about hope and love. I was discussing the choice of the nursing profession with a student nurse name Michael. Some of you may appreciate the irony. He started out in Manhattan as a high powered salesman on Wall Street. He came to the realization one day that he would not get promoted since he was not a buddy with the top dogs. He looked at what he was doing and decided to become an LPN, and is now finishing his RN. The message here is that he came to New York in hope, and over time moved from the profane to the spiritual, and expression of love through nursing. He now supports his family in a way that gives him meaning.

What does this have to do with us? We all (including myself) come to New York with hope. We certainly do not come here for the subways, the vermin, the traffic, the congestion. Many like Ryan of Apostles and Michael come here for base reasons, only to develop hope through love and the spirit.

Many like Sabina and the nutrition/dietitian interns come to New York with hope and the desire to extend their careers. Sabina found love with the pediatric cases that worked.

So, my perspective of New York has not changed, but my perspective of the people who come to New York with hope has changed.

You can find me either in the very back of the cafeteria at a laptop, or with Sabina.