Today marks your 5th day in the hospital. Yesterday, while we were doing our usual nursing rounds, I couldn’t help but smile at the sight of your condition. You were a far cry from the state that I had admitted you. I could still remember how you looked that day: pale and paper-thin. And even [...]
Archive for January, 2012
To John Paul
Posted in Afternoon Shift on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
To Rachel
Posted in Graveyard Shift, tagged Pediatric Nursing on January 26, 2012 | 8 Comments »
I held you in my arms at 2:35 am. As soon as the ER nurse called your admission, I began my distress. “For standby intubation,” –these are the words most dreaded by any nurse who knows how to read beyond doctor’s orders. In medical world, that basically translates into “you have a few hours to [...]
