Opportunities
Well, not yet. Just opportunities in which I grew. I was predicting Thursday to be a very quiet day, but it turned out to be the very opposite. The morning started out quiet; we all were doing inventory. I did not think it would be possible to make inventory fun, but we sure did! And hey, sometimes as a nurse that's what you have to do. Once inventory was over, we got summoned to schools! Our mission; asthma awareness in schools. We were packed with information that needed to be distributed to various school employees; luckily they were very willing to take it. One of the health teachers thanked us "for the presents." Well...if that's what you want to call it.
The latter portion of the day was spent at a local high school...scratch that. THE only local high school. Turns out it was still being redone; they were basically working from the ground up from a 50-year-old building that used to be there. So in other words, it was getting some TLC X1000. The principal actually showed us around while the school nurse was busy tending to students. It was a very lovely school; everyone was so friendly! The school nurse was super nice, too. She actually had a student from Berea last year but none this year. I may be venturing up there in a few weeks when I fly solo (more on that to come). Next week we continue our school summoning project!
Yesterday was rather quiet in the NICU. It was sad as I predicted, but I learned a lot from some really wonderful nurses. And they actually liked having us there, instead of staring at us like..."uh, what are we supposed to do with you?" Not that I've had that experience here at this hospital, just in...previous places. I do not speak of them. Anyway, there were only a few little babies, which was nice and it wasn't too busy (we left early again!) But there was this one baby. This one baby that even now I still find myself thinking about. She was born to a pretty messed-up mother in my opinion. I'm not even sure if the mother had been there to see this baby. But anyway, I won't delve into the messy story details. But I'm worried about this baby. Where is she going to go? Who's going to be her family? What kind of girl/young woman is she going to grow up to be like? I don't know. Nobody does. And that worries me. This precious child has already dealt with so much already at just a few days old, and is already been rejected. It's heartbreaking. But we do what we do. We feed them. We rock them. We love them, giggle at how cute they are, and we wonder. Will she be a thriving adult or not? I'll close with a quote from a good TV show, in my opinion. It's just...this place and being around these babies has really made me think and be grateful for what I have. Even though I haven't done much, I feel like I can contribute mostly to them since they're so...young. And vulnerable. If I could I would hug all the babies in the nursery and all the babies in the NICU, rock with them, sing "Into The West" and tell them how much somebody loves them. How much God loves them.
"Think of one patient who's changed you in some way. Hold them in your memory. Were they inspiring? Funny? Courageous? Did they challenge you? Teach you something about yourself? Were they searching for something? Was their heart filled with love? As you hold them in your mind, ask yourself: which of their qualities can be part of my life?" -ER: 300 patients
The latter portion of the day was spent at a local high school...scratch that. THE only local high school. Turns out it was still being redone; they were basically working from the ground up from a 50-year-old building that used to be there. So in other words, it was getting some TLC X1000. The principal actually showed us around while the school nurse was busy tending to students. It was a very lovely school; everyone was so friendly! The school nurse was super nice, too. She actually had a student from Berea last year but none this year. I may be venturing up there in a few weeks when I fly solo (more on that to come). Next week we continue our school summoning project!
Yesterday was rather quiet in the NICU. It was sad as I predicted, but I learned a lot from some really wonderful nurses. And they actually liked having us there, instead of staring at us like..."uh, what are we supposed to do with you?" Not that I've had that experience here at this hospital, just in...previous places. I do not speak of them. Anyway, there were only a few little babies, which was nice and it wasn't too busy (we left early again!) But there was this one baby. This one baby that even now I still find myself thinking about. She was born to a pretty messed-up mother in my opinion. I'm not even sure if the mother had been there to see this baby. But anyway, I won't delve into the messy story details. But I'm worried about this baby. Where is she going to go? Who's going to be her family? What kind of girl/young woman is she going to grow up to be like? I don't know. Nobody does. And that worries me. This precious child has already dealt with so much already at just a few days old, and is already been rejected. It's heartbreaking. But we do what we do. We feed them. We rock them. We love them, giggle at how cute they are, and we wonder. Will she be a thriving adult or not? I'll close with a quote from a good TV show, in my opinion. It's just...this place and being around these babies has really made me think and be grateful for what I have. Even though I haven't done much, I feel like I can contribute mostly to them since they're so...young. And vulnerable. If I could I would hug all the babies in the nursery and all the babies in the NICU, rock with them, sing "Into The West" and tell them how much somebody loves them. How much God loves them.
"Think of one patient who's changed you in some way. Hold them in your memory. Were they inspiring? Funny? Courageous? Did they challenge you? Teach you something about yourself? Were they searching for something? Was their heart filled with love? As you hold them in your mind, ask yourself: which of their qualities can be part of my life?" -ER: 300 patients
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