Today I will be sitting around a large table with more food than we know what to do with. We know we are truly blessed and lucky. Because of our our experience at the children's hospital with Madelynn we are reminded daily how lucky we are. We also learned about the nursing staff. Nurses.....They are amazing people.
If is wasn't for the stellar nursing staff at Levine Children's Hospital I would have never learned to be empowered to care for my children. Every day they would ask me if I understood what the doctor said. When I didn't they would re-explain it. They encouraged me to care for my child in the hospital. They understood the idea of Family Centered Care. Making sure the whole family was included in the care of the patient.
Nurses have a tough job. They are required to work without emotion. They experience the miracle of life and sometimes the devastating end all in a days work. When Madelynn was in the hospital one of the heart warriors died. I walked out into the hall to see the nurse crying because it was her patient that passed. She was being consoled by her co-workers. The next day that nurse came to work and had to care for Madelynn.
How do you come to work, fight for someone to live, they die even after all your efforts, you go home and come back to work the next day to help the next patient. The emotional highs and lows are almost unfathomable. Witnessing just a peak into this world while we were in the hospital is almost unimaginable to me. All of their efforts are more than appreciated
Today I am very thankful for so many things. But I know that we would not be where we are today without some outstanding nurses. As they show up to work like it is any other day they won't be around a table stuffing their face. Please pray for all the hospital staff working today, the patients and their families in the hospital.
Happy Thanksgiving!
TTFN~
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