Up in Flames

I'm writing this post early because I've forgot to tell you guys for the past week that tonight I'm attending a benefit ball. The private dinner (at a whopping $250 a plate) is going to be nice. We are going to be dressed in formal attire. I'm sporting a black pinstripe tuxedo compliment of Armani, while Caleigh is sporting a long and sleek silk dress from Luis Vuitton. The dinner is in benefit for AIDS research.

Now, my day in the E.R.: A fairly large fire broke out in an apartment building. It was horrible, we had 10 admits for critical burns. There are at least three people with burns covering 80% of their body. The worst thing, four of them is children. Two children and and one man went into hypovolemic shock. Hypovolemic shock is when there is large decrease in blood volume and blood plasma. This thirst, or need for blood is caused when the patient is burned. When you are burned your capillaries began to become porous and leak, thus leaking blood. Each patient needed both intravenous fluids and assisted breathing. Those with the severe burns (the two children and man) had blood transfusions. Dr. Maynard, the on call physician told me something pretty cool today: Did you know that you can use coconut juice as blood plasma? The juice can mimic blood plasma because it’s easily absorbed and does not dtestroy red blood cells. Cool, eh?