Go figure! We admit a DNR and then she died in about 4 hours. Now, that was one heck of a waste of resources, I'm telling you. So I think we need to revisit the whole DNR thing.

Too Damn Late

DNR by definition
Means, Do Not Resuscitate,
You don't belong in the ICU
Because it's too damn late,
You shouldn't be admitted
In the notorious 11th hour,
We don't do resurrections -
We don't have the power.

DNR, should mean
Do not re-locate,
A sudden change of scenery
Has no effect on your fate,
And though the nurses look like models
From the pages of the New York Times,
DNR, is just abbreviated nonsense
That fits into this funeral rhyme.

Fibril_late;
5/23/08