Another Tragedy

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Well I was working at the hospital last night and the ambulance crew brought in a five year old that drowned in the family pond. From what people have told me, the mother knew her son was outside playing but was gone later than usual so she went out to check on him and found him floating in their pond. According to the officials, he had been in that pond for at least an hour to an hour and forty five minutes. Family was giving him CPR when the ambulance arrived and it continued for thirty minutes to forty five minutes after he got back to the hospital. The doctor finally called the code after a little over an hour. Let me tell you, that was one of the worst nights I think I have worked at the hospital. I am the registration clerk so there is nothing I can do. The parents were there but I felt so useless. I talked with them for a few minutes and gave out hugs, but I guess that's all I could do. It was horrible. That poor mother is going to live with that guilt now for the rest of her life.