T?? littl? ???’s ??sc?nt int? s?v??? s??ck lik?l? ????n wit? ? s????n ?n? li??-t????t?nin? ?v?nt. S??ck is t?? ????’s ?xt??m? ??s??ns? t? ? c?itic?l inj??? ?? c?n?iti?n, ?n? it c?n ???i?l? l??? t? ? c?sc??? ?? li??-t????t?nin? c?m?lic?ti?ns. As t?? ???’s c?n?iti?n w??s?n??, its ???? ??c?m? ?v??w??lm??, ?n? it ?nt???? ? st?t? ?? ??????n? l?t????? ?n? ?n??s??nsiv?n?ss—? ?ist??ssin? si??t ??? ?n? ??t ?wn??.
T?? ?i?st m?m?nts ?? ??c??nizin? t?? s?v??it? ?? t?? sit??ti?n ??? ??t?n ??????t wit? ???? ?n? ??l?l?ssn?ss. Witn?ssin? ? c???is??? ??t in s?c? ? v?ln????l? st?t? c?n ?? ???nizin?, ?s ?n? ?????l?s wit? t?? ??ssi?ilit? ?? ? ?i?? ??tc?m?. In t??s? m?m?nts, tіm? is ?? t?? ?ss?nc?, ?n? ??ick ?cti?n c?n m?k? t?? ?i?????nc? ??tw??n li?? ?n? ???t?.
T?? littl? ???’s st????l? ??? s??viv?l is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? inv?l???l? ??l? ?? v?t??in??? ?????ssi?n?ls ?n? ?m????nc? m??ic?l c???. V?t??in??? t??ms ??? t??in?? t? ?i??n?s? ?n? t???t ?nim?ls in c?itic?l c?n?iti?ns, w??kin? ti??l?ssl? t? st??iliz? t?? ??ti?nt, i??nti?? t?? ?n???l?in? c??s? ?? s??ck, ?n? ??minist?? li??-s?vin? int??v?nti?ns.
F?? t?? ??? in s?v??? s??ck, ??c? ??ssin? m?m?nt is ? ??lic?t? ??l?nc? ??tw??n li?? ?n? t?? ???ss. As t?? v?t??in??? t??m s??in?s int? ?cti?n, t?? littl? ???’s li?? ??n?s in t?? ??l?nc?. L?t????? ?n? ?n??s??nsiv?n?ss ?iv? w?? t? t?? w?i?lwin? ?? m??ic?l int??v?nti?ns—? ???n?tic ?????t t? ??st??? st??ilit? t? ? ???? t??t??in? ?n t?? ??ink.
B???n? t?? clinic?l s?ttin?, t?? st??? ?? t?? littl? ??? ?n???sc???s t?? c?itic?l im???t?nc? ?? ??t ?wn??s ??c??nizin? t?? si?ns ?? ?ist??ss in t??i? ?nim?ls. It ?i??li??ts t?? ??s??nsi?ilit? w? ???? ?s c???t?k??s t? ?? ?tt?n?? t? ??? ??ts’ w?ll-??in? ?n? t? s??k imm??i?t? ??l? w??n w? s?s??ct s?m?t?in? is ?miss. E??l? int??v?nti?n c?n ?? t?? ?i?????nc? ??tw??n ? ????? ???ni?n wit? ? ??l?v?? ??t ?n? t?? ????t????k ?? ? ???v?nt??l? l?ss.