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CHICAGO - Debbie Gibbons entered the emergency room where her 17- year-old son, Justin, lay surrounded by doctors and nurses. Finding a place near the wall, she fixed her eyes on the unconscious boy, thrown from his motorcycle a mile from their house.
Twice doctors did everything they could to revive Justin; both attempts failed. It must have been a chaotic scene, but all Gibbons remembers is her son's peaceful expression when he died 20 minutes later.See the full content of this document
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Families Allowed in Er to Watch Life-Saving Efforts
"I can't tell you what that meant to me, being with him through all that just as I was there with him when he was born," Gibbons said.
That was four years ago. Now Gibbons, an intensive care nurse, has drafted a new policy at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., that would give other families the opportunity to be with loved ones in emergency rooms w...See the full content of this document
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