[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 194 (Saturday, January 3, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2387]
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    RECOGNIZING THE LIFESAVING WORK OF THE OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING 
                               PHYSICIAN

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                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, January 3, 2009

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and thank the doctors 
and nurses in the Office of the Attending Physician for their work in 
saving the life of one of my staff members, Matt Lloyd, on the 
afternoon of October 8, 2008. After getting an allergy shot in the U.S. 
Capitol building, Matt had an anaphylactic reaction to an allergy shot 
that caused him to require immediate medical attention. His blood 
pressure dropped to 60 over 40 and his pulse was 40 beats per minute 
and dropping. He had very little time left to live.
  Thanks to the quick reaction and medical professionalism of Dr. Rob 
Summerlee, nurses Susan Deans, Lara Crouch, Jean Larson, corpsmen Tom 
Wolff, David Short and Tre Sutherland, Matt is still with us today. Had 
each of these professionals, particularly Dr. Summerlee, not reacted in 
an urgent manner with care and precision, not to mention the correct 
decision, there is no question Matt would have died.
  Too often we take the sacrifice and expertise of those who serve us 
in the medical field for granted. Yet we are reminded, as in Matt's 
case, that they must handle an enormous amount of pressure when 
someone's life is dependent on them making the correct split second 
decision.
  I thank God for placing these good men and women in the nurse's 
station in the Capitol the day Matt had this reaction and owe them a 
debt of gratitude for saving his life.

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