Sep 29, 2006

Hospital

After being in a hospital 5 whole days this entire week and sleeping there for two nights, I was overjoyed to bring my mother home today. She is recuperating just fine and I am so happy for that.

Watching the nurses at work is something remarkable. I don’t know how they do it. I mean, caring and taking care of a family member is not easy – but helping someone that you are not related to, must take some deep compassion. I do feel for the people in the hospital, and have even assisted a woman at my mother’s bedside. But I don’t know if I could do it as a job. It must be rewarding at times, but at other times, a thankless job. You are dealing with people at their lowest point. Either they are deathly sick, or helpless from surgery…etc.

My aunt is a nurse, and I’ve seen her in action with my mom. It looked so natural. Then I thought about all the strangers she has to assist on a daily basis…

More power to all the nurses out there. (The good ones).

3 comments:

k said...

Glad your mother's doing so well. You're a good daughter, staying by her side that way.

Even though it pays very well, I agree--I could never be a nurse. Besides what you said--there's a lot of gross things to be dealt with. I can't imagine...

Marie said...

Gross is right. This one guy kept pacing up and down the hall, then he was cursing the nurses out. He went to the bathroom and took a dump on the floor.

There are a lot of crazy people to deal with too, and that's mainly what I can't handle.

Catherine said...

I could never be a nurse! Not a strong stomach.

Glad your mom is home, anyway.