stuck

sometimes it's hard because there comes a point where you ask yourself where do you draw the line? faith and hope play a big part in this life. but working in the icu is so hard. we've had patients that have been in the hospital since september and october - specifically in the icu - and are so sick - their bodies rotting from the inside out or wasting away to a cachectic state yet their families still pray for a miracle, something that will help them turn the corner. as a clinician you want them to say it's ok to let them go because they really are rotting from the inside out. but in your heart, with all of your faith and hope, you do hope that they can somehow get better. how do you balance? that's when it's hard. where do we come in? and hence i get stuck.