end stage congestive heart failure

Doctors Can Be Doubters

washingtonpost.com - Health  Mon, 06/09/2008 - 23:00

My patient is an elderly man with end-stage congestive heart failure, kidney failure and now an infected dialysis line, and he is unlikely to live more than six months.

The Bible lies on his bedside table next to his hospital breakfast tray and the morning newspaper. I wonder if I should pray wit...