“I feel so bad for those families,” he said, “and guilty, to some degree, that they don’t have their children and I do.”
From the moment four patients arrived, it was “go time” inside the hospital, said Stewart, who is also chair of the surgery department at UT Health San Antonio.
“It’s a moment of crisis with a lifetime of impact,” Stewart said, pointing out that survivors of trauma, especially when experienced in childhood, often suffer chronic health issues as adults.
It appears in the most unlikely places, like cracks in sidewalks and along busy highways, where people might not think to find glimmers of hope.
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