Baby admitted for a CT head. Subarachnoid bleed (bleeding in one of the layers between the brain and skull), parietal bone (a piece of skull bone) fracture. Cause?
Baby's mum's ex-partner kicked a door in, hitting the baby's head and giving baby a skull fracture.
Baby is two months old.
Jesus f*cking Christ.
YOU ARE READING
The Doctor Will See You Now [Non-Fiction]
Non-FictionTrue accounts from a junior doctor. From bargaining with a child using stickers in exchange for a blood draw to complex, sickly elderly patients to dark medical humour between healthcare professionals, being a doctor is a rollercoaster of a calling...