“Patrik, I hope you are well. I thought you might be interested in this article. My sister is alive and well! She has gone from not being able to walk at all to taking regular walks and from not being able to talk to having full conversations.

I sensed something was very wrong early on and had no idea how to change the situation. I don’t know what I would have done without your daily support and guidance. It was invaluable. Even though I have a strong medical background, it would have been difficult to understand all the inner workings of the ICU by myself. You taught me how to read all the important instruments that were keeping my sister alive. It was very apparent her care and my family were being manipulated in order to get the outcome they wanted. You and your staff gave me the courage and moral support to stand up to the doctors who literally harassed and tried to intimidate me on a daily basis to make my sister a DNR.

This started only a few days in before her brain even had a chance to heal. I found the doctors would stop at nothing to attempt to get a DNR from me, even pitting my family against me since I was the only hold out of many people. It was after my sister’s discharge I found out that the nurse’s station had her driver’s license the entire time. She was listed as a donor. No wonder they wanted to make her a DNR! I don’t know what I would have done without your invaluable guidance and that of your staff. No doubt you helped save my sister’s life. I can never thank you enough.

Best regards,
Cassidy