Lifeliner Podcast Shireen Jeejeebhoy

The Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) seems to be working, but the ultimate goal of sending Judy home on this artificial form of feeding cannot be realised until they figure out a permanent way of feeding the TPN solutions into her vein. Tubes falling out her vein regularly just will not work. Dr. Bernie Langer, Jeej’s… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 9 Podcast, The Langer Line The post Lifeliner: Chapter 9 Podcast, The Langer Line appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

As Judy heals, she becomes more conscious of her situation, of the extent of her illness, of the odds against her, and Jeej feels that she may fall into despair as a result. He talks to Cliff. Contrary to the ethos of the day, Jeej tells Cliff to bring the children in to see Judy.… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 8 Podcast, Judy’s Inspiration The post Lifeliner: Chapter 8 Podcast, Judy’s Inspiration appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Judy liked to joke about being a pincushion for Jeej, about it being easier to put a zipper into her abdomen, about her dates with the knife. And one of her favourite expressions was “I could be pushing up daisies.” She could’ve. For on her third date in the operating room, she died. Chapter Seven:… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 7 Podcast, “I Could Be Pushing Up Daisies” The post Lifeliner: Chapter 7 Podcast, “I Could Be Pushing Up Daisies” appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Let Judy die, let her die with dignity, Judy’s mother pleads with Jeej. Let Judy die, this is madness, assert Jeej’s senior colleagues, insisting he not waste hospital resources. Under mounting pressure, Jeej agrees to withdraw antibiotic therapy from Judy for four days, but he refuses to stop feeding her artificially. If the bacteria doing… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 6 Podcast, Let Judy Die The post Lifeliner: Chapter 6 Podcast, Let Judy Die appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Judy’s skin has been starving, like the rest of her body, and cannot hold the stitches anymore. Her surgical wound has opened up, creating a maw through which they can see her insides — and smell them too. The nurses have to come up with a unique way to dress this hole, keep the sheets… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 5 Podcast, Garbage-Bag Dressings The post Lifeliner: Chapter 5 Podcast, Garbage-Bag Dressings appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Judy protests as she’s slid into the ambulance, standing in the dark, waiting to move her from the suburban hospital to the big downtown teaching hospital Toronto General Hospital. This is all too much drama for her, but Dr. Jeejeebhoy awaits her, with his promise of life. She wants to live so much. Yet she’s… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 4 Podcast, Dr. Cowboy The post Lifeliner: Chapter 4 Podcast, Dr. Cowboy appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Judy is at Scarborough General Hospital, undergoing emergency surgery while Cliff waits anxiously at home with his neighbour. The surgeon calls him in the wee hours with good news. Cliff is ecstatic. But not for long. Soon the pain rises again, stronger even than post-operative pain. Another surgeon opens her up again and shock stills… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 3 Podcast, Surgeries and Starvation The post Lifeliner: Chapter 3 Podcast, Surgeries and Starvation appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Dr. Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy has come to Toronto, Canada to practice his brand of medicine, as taught to him by his Zoroastrian grandmother. But as the newbie and one of only two minority doctors on staff at Toronto General Hospital, he gets the tough cases, the one no one else wants, and now one of… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 2 Podcast, Shunts! The post Lifeliner: Chapter 2 Podcast, Shunts! appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.

Judy Taylor had a simple dream for her life: grow up and have kids. But fate has other plans, and they come upon her rather painfully a few years after attaining her dream, her dream of a suburban life with husband Cliff, who works in sales, and their three daughters, ages 13 to 8. Chapter… Continue reading Lifeliner: Chapter 1 Podcast, Back in One Hour The post Lifeliner: Chapter 1 Podcast, Back in One Hour appeared first on Shireen Jeejeebhoy.