Angels on the Night Shift
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Authors: M.D. Robert D. Lesslie
What readers are saying about Robert Lesslie’s previous books
“I am not one who likes to read, but when I started I could not put this book down…It made me realize that there are still good people on earth. I am a full-time police officer and a volunteer firefighter/EMS. I can’t wait to pass this book on to others in my field.”
Gary
“What stories are held in this book—people who just go the whole way to be a help and sacrifice their lives! I am not much of a reader of nonfiction like this…but I fell in love with this book.”
“These stories…are written with passion and love. Dr. Lesslie writes with clarity and enthusiasm. His stories will make you cry and laugh and will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
“As an assistant principal…I have reflected on my own life’s work with adolescent students as I read each account…I am writing to share how very much I enjoyed your book, especially the inspiring scriptural references accompanying each story.”
Don
“Thank you for the…
amazingly awesome
books you have written. As a Christian pursuing a career in medicine, I find them really inspiring. I had tears in my eyes many times, especially in
Angels on Call
. I love, love, love these books!”
Alina
“The book was an inspiration during a difficult time in our lives…Your humility and humanity jumped out at me. I truly believe God works through us and that there are angels among us.”
Chuck
“The most inspiring and relatable book I have read throughout my college career in nursing school…I often feel that my small contributions of extra time with patients or a simple smile have no impact on anyone’s life. I was inspired by your book and appreciated the Bible verses throughout.”
Katie
“I am a busy working mother but managed to read the entire book in less than three days. The way you described the people and the situations was brilliant…You see things in a very special way and have made me see… thank you.”
Jamie
“Just read your book
Angels in the ER
and loved it. Couldn’t put it down. Very well written. Excited to see another one is on the way! God bless you.”
Bill
“Having spent ten years as a coordinator for our emergency department, I was very intrigued to read your stories…You have a very eloquent way of relating things that most people will never experience, but probably should…Your kindness, care, and compassion shine through.”
Alicia
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All the incidents described in this book are based on the author’s real-life experiences. Where individuals may be identifiable, they have granted the author and the publisher the right to use their names, stories, and/or facts of their lives in all manners, including composite or altered representations. In all other cases, names, circumstances, descriptions, and details have been changed to render individuals unidentifiable.
ANGELS ON THE NIGHT SHIFT
Copyright © 2012 by Robert D. Lesslie, MD
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lesslie, Robert D.
Angels on the night shift / Robert D. Lesslie.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-4842-5 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-4843-2 (eBook)
1. Hospitals—Emergency services—Popular works. 2. Emergency medical personnel—Popular works.
I. Title.
RA975.5.E5L478 2012
362.18—dc23
2011051985
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To the memory of my mother, Harriet Denton Lesslie. She believed in her son.
Proverbs 31:28-31
18:
With a Little Help from My Friends
Each of us will one day fall short and fail—with our friends, our family, our work, or with ourselves.
Some of us will find forgiveness. Fewer still will find redemption. It is a precious and costly gift.
If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He died on a cross at a point in time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very focal point for forgiveness and redemption.
J
OSH
M
C
D
OWELL
(1939– )
It Begins
Tuesday, 7:14 a.m.
“Dr. Lesslie, I need you in cardiac!”
Amy Connors and I looked over to the triage doorway and the fast-approaching wheelchair. Lori Davidson was behind it, a look of concern on her face as she turned down the hallway toward the cardiac room. The middle-aged man in the chair looked into my eyes, his face pale and fearful. He was leaning forward and tightly gripping the armrests.
“Chest pain,” Lori called back over her shoulder.
I had been sitting behind the counter of the nurses’ station, talking with Amy, our unit secretary. Her son Jackson was fast becoming a football star at one of our area high schools.
“I’ll call for the lab,” she said, reaching for her phone. “And I’ll send Jeff in with the EKG machine. Anything else?”
I was already around the corner of the counter, following Lori and her patient.
“That should be okay for now,” I answered her. “Let’s see what’s going on.”
Lori was helping her patient onto the stretcher as I walked in. He glanced over at me and nodded his head.
“This is Ernest Shays, Dr. Lesslie,” she told me, reaching behind her for the heart-monitor electrodes on the crash cart. “He started having some chest pain about an hour ago and drove himself to the ER. History of hypertension but no diabetes or heart disease.”
