That is all it took. Nine seconds. My mother is critically ill. In a period of nine seconds her heart performed in a pattern that catapulted her care in an entirely new direction. Those nine seconds offered a framework from which to proceed. Up until that moment there had been only isolated symptoms. All concerning. Independent. Nothing to bind them together. In that zone we were pursuing conclusions. Some aggressive. Ones we believed were supported by a data set. Thanks to nine seconds, all wrong. Nine seconds…..nine spectacular seconds. Continue reading…