Jim was
convalescing in a well known London
hospital after an emergency operation to repair a ruptured abdominal aortic
aneurysm. The major artery that carries all the blood
to the lower half of his body, a motorway of a vessel half an inch wide, had
suffered a ‘blow out’ such as may occur on a car tyre. The ‘blow out’ had then
burst. The ward sister had said that the majority of people, who experience
such a devastating event, don’t live to tell the tale! They die of blood loss,
usually before they even reach the hospital.
Fortunately,
the operation had been a success and Jim had
been dragged back from the Pearly Gates.
Blood was now flowing smoothly into his legs, through the artificial
tube the surgeons had used to replace the burst blood vessel.
Jim
had been allocated a side room whilst he had been so ill, but was now able to
wander onto the main ward during the day. Being a sociable fellow, he was now chatting with Cliff who
had just been admitted.
‘The
doctors tell me that smoking is the main reason my blood vessel burst,’ Jim
remarked when asked about his problems. ‘I’ve been a ‘twenty-a-day man’ all my life. But
I guess I’ll have to give it up now otherwise I’ll get more trouble.’
‘Giving
smoking up isn’t so easy, you know,’ Cliff responded. ‘I was given the same
advice a couple of years ago when I lost my leg.’ He nodded to the artificial
limb that was propped up at the bedside. ‘But I couldn’t do it. Now the
arteries in my other leg are clogged up. The damn thing’s going gangrenous just
like the first one did. I’ve watched my toes slowly going purple, and now
they’re black. That’s why I’ve come in. The doctors
say they can do nothing to save it, so it’s coming off this afternoon. At least
that will get rid of the pain, but God only knows how I’ll manage with no legs.’
As
they continued to chat, Cliff’s family arrived to support him and wish him
luck, so Jim moved on to talk with the other patients, hoping they had more
cheerful tales to tell.
Regrettably,
Cliff’s condition continued to deteriorate and at three in the morning, he
collapsed. The emergency medical team rushed to the scene and the Night Sister,
fearing the worst, called the relatives. Breathless and anxious they arrived on
the ward, dashed to the bed where they expected Cliff to be and pulled back the
screens, waking Jim as they did so.
‘My
god,’ Jim heard Cliff’s wife exclaim, ‘they’ve not taken his other leg off –
they’ve stitched the first one back on!’
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