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Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

There was fatigue, weight loss, nausea, declining kidney function, and a few strokes. KS died during the final one when his inpatient team failed to resuscitate him after a cardiac arrest. He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status.