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Date Posted: 23:10:19 01/29/04 Thu
Author: Keira
Subject: Sharing-and Thanking the Angels

I thought I'd drop in and share with you a story from work. I really am sooo blessed in my work. I am given the opportunity to meet and talk with so many beautiful, wonderful souls.
I looked after a woman the other day who had a rather extensive form of cancer. She came into hospital for pain control and some fluids. This poor dear lady has already gone through soo much and her body is just not holding up any more. I needed to start an IV on her and due to her condition, she had absolutely no veins left to start a suitable line. (Having a port was a whole different issue and was not an option on this day-longer part of the story.) On top of the fact that she had no veins, she was also very scared of having the needle, almost to the point of tears. I looked and while I couldn't really see anything, I decided to take a chance on an area where there is sometimes a vein hidden. I said a prayer to the angels to help me with this one and, lo and behold, that IV slipped into place like butter. I was able to secure the IV and get all her bloodwork with one poke. The woman was soo grateful and I was able to share with her that the angels put that one into place-not I!!!!!
During her stay with us, I was able to talk to her about her life a bit. She was not a soft soul on the outside and she'd had a hard life, lived through a brutal assault and she was a bit rough around the edges, so to speak. But this woman had soo much strength in her, so much love and concern for her children. She openly talked about someone helping her youngest child cope with her possible death. She had so much love in her heart. I felt just so blessed to have been given the opportunity to meet and get to know this woman. When she left the emerg department, she thanked me for taking such good care of her, but I told her I was the lucky one in having the chance to meet her.

I know that all of you here know that we don't accomplish everything on our own, and that the angels do indeed help us. We are also given the opportunity to meet certain souls and we have to make sure not to let that opportunity slip by us. You know, our department is made up of all kinds of personalities and I know there was a reason I was in that particular area on Tuesday. There are a couple of other nurses who just wouldn't have clued into this woman, would have made some unfair judgements and the opportunity to meet someone like her would have passed them right by. I think there was a reason that I met her, now I get to figure out what that reason was, *VBG*, and that's the fun part of this journey!!!

Any comments are welcome.

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[> I think you are right Keira. There is a reason we are in certan places at certain times. I am also just as certain that you enriched her life and made a lasting impression on her just as she made one on yours. I just wish all nurses could intuitively treat patients with the same honest caring that you do. Come inside for a story of a student who had a lasting effect on me>>> -- Brenda, 14:13:32 01/30/04 Fri

This student, whom I am going to call Michael, was in a grade 6 class I taught at an inner-city elementary school. The students at this school had seen more in their short lives that I had ever experienced. Poverty, neglect, abuse, violence, you name it. My philosophy when I went in was to make my classroom a safe, comfortable place where they felt they wanted to come each day. I remembered someone telling me that 10 years from now, kids won't remember WHAT you taught them, they will remember HOW you made them feel.

Michael's mom (a single parent) came to school part way through the day to pull him out of class. She had just found out that his dad had OD'd on heroine and died. Michael was devastated, he was very close to his dad.

When he returned to class, he stayed after school to talk. He said he wanted to share with others what he was going through, so maybe another dad would think about the effect his addictions would have on his kids. He wanted to know how to get his message out there. I suggested he write a letter to the local paper. He went home that night and put his letter together and brought it to me the next day. I helped him "fix it up" (Michael had learning disabilities and his work could be a challenge to read *g*). He then walked to the newspaper office (a good distance away) and dropped it off. The newspaper printed the letter, a Vancouver TV station got ahold of the story and came out to do a segment for the provincial TV news, and several other organizations became interested. Michael went on to be a spokesman for the "Just Say No" program in the schools (a drug and alcohol awareness program). One of his quotes will always stick in my head. When asked what he would say to his father if he had the opportunity, he said, "Dad, I love you, you were a great father, but you were a stupid man".

I think Michael was put in my class for a reason. I was supposed to help him through a hard time and he was supposed to teach me about inner strength and the ability to turn a tragic situation into something positive.


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[> This is why I lurk here. I learn something new, I read an inspirational quote, and from this message I am reminded of how wonderful people are and can be. You rock Keira! (((Hugs))) and thanks to all the members here-you are such good people. -- Michelle, 14:20:26 01/30/04 Fri


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[> (((((Keira)))))) I am always amazed at the patients who affect me the most. It's never the ones you THINK will. And how wonderful for you both that it was you there that day. A nurse who knows and accepts the help of Angels to do your work!!! Glad you were there, for both of you. -- Betsy, 14:47:23 02/02/04 Mon


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[> Hi Keira, yes I too think that there is a reason to be at certain places at certain times. And I think your reason to be exactly where you've been when you helped that lady was just that. Be there to help and dont hurt her, encourage her, talk to her. And if you think this is not enough - think again :-). That is a whole lot more than most people do. -- Andrea, 03:05:47 02/03/04 Tue


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[> Keira, What a beautiful story. I'm so much more than sure that so many times people leave the hospital on any given day, with a bit of thanks that their is somebody like you working there. Angels come in all forms you know! -- Melissa ..., 19:11:51 02/03/04 Tue


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[> Hi Keira, Hi everybody ! Gosh I rarely get to come here but when I read such a beautiful story I wonder why I don't come more often anymore... what a beautiful message Keira... -- Isabelle (still miserable in NJ), 19:07:56 02/08/04 Sun


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