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Red Lipstick

Admitted at 38 weeks with sepsis, now s/p PLTCS 2/2 NRFHT. Still fevering on broad-spectrum coverage, but she looks beautiful breastfeeding and applying red lipstick. Fast forward, she has received over 120 blood products and her family decides to let her go. I was the last person to see her “well,” did I miss something?

Red Lipstick, Literature by Nicolette Jessen, MD

Nicolette Jessen, MD


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