All the eyes were on Sandy and the Dr.  They all wanted to know what was going on and what all the fuss was about.  The nurses present in the room had no idea why was Dr Jones angry and looking a bit pissed off.  What could they have done to upset him like that?   Everything was going great with the patient and she was sound asleep and completely breathing on her own without the respirator.  So that couldn’t be it.

Ok what is going on in here?  Could someone please tell us?

Sandy:  Well I am not sure what to say and how to say this.

She still couldn’t believe her eyes. She looked at Dr Jones needing some support.  He was still looking confused and didn’t know if he was in any position at that moment to give it to her.

Sandy:  Well according to the file it says D. N. R. on the patients note. 

D. N. R. What?  You are joking Sandy aren’t you?  This is madness.  It can’t be. 

The whole room erupted again but this time with shouting and unpleasant remarks.  They all wanted to see with their own eyes the dreaded three letters.  Oh My God.  No one believed it.  How, where, when, and why? 

No one told us either. They were saying one by one.

Dr Jones:  Ok calm down people please.  The patient is still in the room with us and we know what that means.

Dr Jones lowered his voice almost whispering.  He looked at the nurses at the room one by one.

Dr Jones:  Listen I know you are all confused but we have a priority to our patient and we don’t want to upset her and cause her to go into cardiac arrest again.  We have all worked hard to bring her back from the brink of death and I am not going to risk anything after all that.

They all looked at the Dr and agreed.  They are not willing to risk the patient’s life for any reason.  Sandy looked at the Dr and carried on saying.

Sandy:  Dr I promise you that this is not my handwriting, and that I have not seen this noted on her file before.  You can see that I have been reporting her progress on the hour every hour, and I have never seen this note before.  If I knew about it I wouldn’t have called the crash team and helped resuscitate the patient.  I would have respected her wish.