Well, the training wheels are off and I officially registered patients today. I was assigned to the Emergency Department and it was kind of sad. I registered patients that came in from an ambulance, or walked in or crawled in. I saw children, elderly patients and people who were in a car wreck. I talked to Eva, who is probably dead by now. She is 86 and called 911 to say that she wasn't feeling well. By the time I went home she was not doing well and her family was called in to give us her last wishes. That hurts, because I talked to Eva and I touched her and she looked at me with piercing blue eyes. Don't get connected they say in the Emergency Department, but I did. Eva was 86 and lived alone. She called 911 to say she didn't feel good. And, isn't that something that she was so in tune with her body that she knew something wasn't right? I think I will always remember Eva. They say that you do...remember the one that touched you first.
It was a fast day...one minute it was 9:00 and the next time I looked it was 2:00. I enjoyed the pace, but the people stayed with me. They didn't have insurance, they were there as a last resort. They were in pain. I saw a little boy that reminded me of Sam. "Can you take me where my Mommy is?" he asked me. I couldn't because of the tests she was having. But we passed the time talking about how big he was getting....every minute. He said, "every minute I am getting bigger." I picked him up and said...."oh, I can't hold you any more because you're getting so big." It was a Sammy moment and I loved every bit of it.
I love what I do and I hope I do it well.
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