I worked a 13 hour shift in A&E today and there was a patient who was dying.
I didn't have much involvement in her care. Only when I was needed. my colleague as she wasn't one of My colleague was looking after her as she wasn't one of my designated patients. But I looked at her very tired body and as I massaged her hands I thought to myself "you and I do not properly know one another. But you in this body have experienced a different life to me. You have a different family, different upbringing and different thought processes to me. But I respect and appreciate that you have lived a full life." When some people say this they mostly mean someone who has been outgoing and been very adventurous. I say this to mean "you have had a life where you have experienced severe pain and suffering yet extreme joy and happiness. With many memories that have shaped you're life" Everyone has had different milestones in their lives that have significance to them. Like an unrelated saying goes "one mans junk is another mans treasure". What one man may find easy another man may find difficult. What one man may find hard to face, another man may find he is able to face it head on. We are all so different yet so similar and that is what is so beautiful about sitting with someone who is dying in front of you. When you're faced with someone exiting this realm and entering an whole new one. It is a solemn reminder of how similar our paths are. Despite our different upbringings, beliefs, occupations, earnings etc. We all face the same inevitable ending. And I don't believe that should be as terrifying as the world makes it out to be.
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AuthorI am a 25 year old nurse, who is trying to find herself. This blog will contain epiphanies I have, my yoga progress and other such things. Enjoy. :) Archives
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