抗拒自然

值班的时候收了一个严重先天畸形的年轻病人，从小进进出出在我们医院无数次。前段时间在家里摔了，脑膜下血肿，手术以后血肿又复现，做了引流，但是又引发感染，近几个月反复的手术，，把孩子折磨得奄奄一息。

感染科attending来会诊，看了他的脑脊液标本，然后看了他无数的头颅CT，感染attending问我，你打算怎么办呢？大概是人累了，或者最近比较灰色，我脱口而出，just leave him alone, make him comfortable.

这个感染科attending是个民主随和的人，我们就聊了一会儿。我说我们现在这样是抗拒自然的规律，这个孩子受尽了磨难，但是以后又怎么办呢。

感染attending说，我们医生做的哪件事情，不是违抗自然的呢？我们互相苦笑。孩子还是被用上了很强的抗生素，然后神经外科又安排了引流手术。

抗拒自然，还是改善健康，这之间有一条看不见的线，我们没有那双慧眼，更重要的是，没有那个权利去决定。

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What I am wondering is how can the parents afford the medical bill?

[Bali]

Mao once said that people could overcome nature...that guy was a nuts and fooled the whole generation (thank God I wasn't born then). We can never ever overcome nature. If I was in that boy's situation, I would want to be "made comfortble"....if I must go, I would go.... Many religions believe that this world is a just a waiting room....

[nicelks]

Bless the kid and hope he recover well. Have a prosperous Chinese New Year!