Losing My Baby (Nursing and Caring)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on January 11th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
I have been trudging the Pediatric Department for years. In fact, everything just seemed routinary for me. Therapeutic care is nothing more than scripted part of work.
This was the case until my Cedirc got sick. Holistic caring I learned during my Nursing School days went crashing on me. Reminiscing every bit of it filled me with so much regret.
I never realized how have I gotten so cold. All that mattered was the high pay and the extravagant lifestyle.
I can’t help but cry as I tuck my poor Cedric to bed, with the teddy bear I gave him that he held so tight.
It’s so hard for me to believe that the Cedric I knew is gone forever… I remember the strong Cedric, whom I loved and married…
Yes, Cedric is my husband who was there for me through life’s ups and downs until Huntington’s Disease got hold of him and gradually devastated his being.
If only I could get him back by giving up everything… I would!
I took him to the movies, “Ice Age: The Dawn of the Dinosaurs”.
It was a sad movie though. Amidst the shrills and giggles of kids including my Cedric are my sobs and overflowing tears.
I know the time is near… I’m losing him…
I wrote this blog to share the lesson I learned the hard way. Treat your client as if he or she was your own…
I am left with no choice but to make his last days as special as possible. Whatever life may bring, I surely look forward to being one of the most caring nurses who ever existed.