一名佛罗里达急诊医生在治疗犬和医疗队的帮助下,从几乎致命的肺栓塞中恢复过来。
A Florida ER doctor defied odds, recovering from a near-fatal pulmonary embolism with help from therapy dogs and her medical team.
来自佛罗里达州彭布罗克派恩斯的38岁ER医生Priscilla Timmons在经历了一次大规模肺栓塞,导致三次心脏停搏和多机体衰竭,使她处于昏迷状态,存活机会不到10%,之后恢复了一次罕见的康复。
Priscilla Timmons, a 38-year-old ER physician from Pembroke Pines, Florida, made a rare recovery after surviving a massive pulmonary embolism that caused three cardiac arrests and multi-organ failure, leaving her in a coma with less than a 10% chance of survival.
在她在西纪念医院的21天住院期间,她对治疗犬Scrunchie和Honey Crisp作出了反应,使她第一次有意识地向Scrunchie移动,同时失去知觉地标志着她的康复开始。
During her 21-day hospital stay at Memorial Hospital West, she responded to therapy dogs Scrunchie and Honey Crisp, making her first conscious movement toward Scrunchie while unconscious—marking the start of her recovery.
尽管她坐在通风机上,不能说话,但恢复了器官功能,被切除,大约一个月后被解职。
Despite being on a ventilator and unable to speak, she regained organ function, was extubated, and was discharged about a month later.
2025年10月,她返回,进行后续跟踪,并用正常的心脏、肺和血液结果获得清除。
In October 2025, she returned for a follow-up and was cleared with normal heart, lung, and blood results.
她的信仰、医疗团队和治疗犬对她康复的情感支持都归功于Timmons, 医院工作人员和医生都称这为恢复力和同情护理的有力范例。
Timmons credited her faith, her medical team, and the emotional support from therapy dogs for her recovery, which hospital staff and doctors hailed as a powerful example of resilience and compassionate care.