Its Christmas and I'm not exactly so happy, My patient just passed away a few days ago from sepsis. It was forthcoming, I knew it the moment the wife called in to tell me that her husband will go to the hospital because of infection in his T-tube.

Its so sad and ironic, that the last place people with cancer should go is the hospital. Its a sad and true fact. they are immunocompromised, any infection that they will get from the hospital will definitely make their life (not to mention the quality of life) shorter.

I hope the new year will bring better times for my patients, losing them this way is not what everybody wants.