NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: Emergency room doctor Thomas Krajewski stopped at the hospital room door at 2am to glance at the chart.
He knew instantly the long odds faced by the patient inside: A man in his 70s, with a fever, short of breath. “Do you mind calling my son?” the patient asked him. “My two grandsons tomorrow morning are going to crawl in my bed because they wake me up on the weekends, and if I’m not there, they will wonder.” Advertisement Advertisement Twelve hours later, the man