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Tonal Existence

Beep… boop… continuous…Patient life in ICU…Hope for improvement. Beep.. boop… continuous…Doctor life in ICU…Doing my job… check. Boop.. booop… boooop…. booooop…..beeeeeeeeeep……….Patient death in ICU…Your suffering gone. Boop.. booop… boooop…. booooop…..beeeeeeeeeep……….Patient death in ICU…My despair begins. Within my control?Feeling burned out… hopelessness?My ICU life? …

Stephen Hall Sams, MD

Bio: Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Section of Critical Care

Stephen is a self-described Michigander transplant who landed here 8 years ago and never left. First time submitting creative writing about how intensive care life sometimes can get heavy.

Voices from the Faculty:
"Tonal Existence"