A few years ago I brought my son into the emergency room because he was having difficulty breathing. He was trying to fight a virus handicapped by his small airway and weak muscles.
I hadn’t realized how serious it was. As soon as we walked in the nurse took one look at him and rushed him back to a room. She called a code and within minutes my sweet, little boy was surrounded by nurses and doctors frantically calling out instructions for medicines and other emergent care.
It was truly a scene out of a hospital television show, and I could barely process it.