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FactorFiction,
I felt a bit faint myself, while doing the procedure, truth be told. It will be easier the next time around (and I may have to do it again tomorrow to the wound on her foot . . . .).
posted by
JanesOpinion
on December 29, 2005 at 10:15 AM
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Taps, you're a braver soul than I
I am not sure I could do that with my own sister. At the very least, I would be crying qd too. But in the same way, what a blessing for you to have those memories of caring for someone for whom you had such love.
Sorry, by the way, to knock the frivolity right out of you. I hope you're not melancholic for too long . . . .
posted by
JanesOpinion
on December 29, 2005 at 10:14 AM
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Now this is just one reason I could
never be a nurse, EMT, doctor, etc. I feel faint just thinking about what you had to do... Thank goodness there are people like you...
posted by
FactorFiction
on December 29, 2005 at 7:23 AM
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JanesOpinion, I was in the midst of writing a frivolous blog post when I took a break to read a bit. You have knocked the frivolity right out of me. Reading your post put me right back in the working place from which I retired. I see myself at bedsides with sterilized treatment kits and various equipment. I can still see what each terrible wound looked like at its worst. A few healed--it took ever so long. How wonderful it was to see the pink granulation tissue. Most did not. One of the worst that I could do nothing that helped was that of my own sister who died of metastasized malignant melanoma. She wanted to be at the facility where I worked so I was one of her nurses. I would cry each day as I dressed her terrible wound on her coccyx. I was always thankful that she could not see it and had no idea that it was as bad as it was.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 29, 2005 at 7:18 AM
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Justsouno, sadly, that is a very plausible concept.
I fear, in the case of this poor woman, that she's reached such a point, but WE'RE not ready.
Thank you, as always, for commenting and for being such a neat person!!!
posted by
JanesOpinion
on December 29, 2005 at 6:43 AM
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Jane's such love and care~~
There is a point when one has exhausted all their quest for living. I know that may not be a plausible concept to you who give your lives so others will have the greatest quality of life they can, but it may be only pain for the patient. Pain of body, soul and spirit. I hope she is ready to lay down this life before she does. God bless you and your assistants.
posted by
Justi
on December 28, 2005 at 11:39 PM
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