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Blessings..........
To you and the families whose lives have been touched by these tragedies.
posted by
Kolekshuns
on January 7, 2009 at 5:51 AM
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Being permanently
online or on-call must be the most stressful of existences. Thankfully the roads around Cambridge were less icy this morning, despite the weather forecasts. Hope it's less icy over your way
posted by
malcolm
on January 7, 2009 at 5:49 AM
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Wow and the band plays on, you always have to give the bads news, enjoying
I want to share Mother:Portrait Of A Hero next to the last poem on the 3rd page. THank you and I'll continue to read.
posted by
Mystereo
on January 7, 2009 at 3:16 AM
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Looks like you will be busy for a while Rector
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on January 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM
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When I was a Home Health Nurse
for a year I was either on call or had just been to see the patient or was seeing the patient and had to call for a DNR order(do not resusitate) because the patient was terminal and the family had not made the decision yet and just touching the patient would have caused death. I got to be the coroner expert for 4 counties and a friend of most of the funeral homes. When I worked in Labor and Delivery, I always got to take care of the stillborns. It was my choice because most of the nurses didn't understand what the parents needed and I had been there. I even baptized several babies for parents. I also always got footprints, hair lock and a picture of the baby wrapped in a blanket looking like the baby was asleep. I guess there were lessons I needed to learn and I'm certainly at peace now with Richard's transiton.
posted by
skye08
on January 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM
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I would hope that all doctors would hide all pain from patients and
families, especially at the end, when it is so easily managed.
And, I think that everyone thanked God that you had a voice worth projecting over the others. If I had sung over others, they would need a drink after the giggling fits. Very unfuneral like.
posted by
benzinha
on January 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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it's interesting to read your experiences
as with all in your line of work, you experience all aspects of life -- and death
posted by
Xeno-x
on January 6, 2009 at 11:14 AM
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It's like being an usher--
A few years ago, a midwife I knew was wondering what in her karma had set her up to be present at one after another of difficult births. I offered the theory that perhaps she was there because she was the one best able to help the babies, mothers and families through the difficulties.
Maybe that's why you are there, too, for so many of these passages?
posted by
Ciel
on January 6, 2009 at 10:54 AM
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This has to be the most difficult part of the “job”
posted by
Troosha
on January 6, 2009 at 9:43 AM
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I'm glad that all went well...
Hopefully the death angel will now rest for a while. Be careful on those slick roads. Blessings!
posted by
Texas_Gem
on January 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM
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