Remember in part one, I said I hated the nurse who made the snide remark. Well, her name is Tomiko. She also made me get out of bed the day after surgery. I don't think I've ever met a more awesome nurse!!! We ended up great friends and it was a joy like you couldn't imagine when she was on my shift. She brightened my day, made me feel special, encouraged, motivated, and uplifted. She went above and beyond. The day before we were to leave..another nurse told her to come see us, that I had made such good progress. So she came and when I saw her I had a big smile on my face to see her! I had already told her at an earlier time that I had not liked her to begin with and that I was scared of her!! lol She laughed. But today I told her, You know there are so many nurses here that take care of you. There are only a VERY FEW handful that are healing nurses. You are a healing nurse. Then of course I started crying as I was saying this! She meant so much to us!!! She also told me that I was looking at the Morphine backwards. It was really hurting me. When I figured out that NOT using it made me feel better, I dropped it! I was pumping it on as often as I could to get relief, but it was making me hurt!
Another nurse was Sharai (Sherry)...she was a vitals/bath nurse. She was the one who got Tomiko to come back over! Sharai was young and calm, always a pleasant voice. She took her time when she did my drains and was always ready to get whatever I needed.
The other was Tamara. A little bit older than the first two, but OH what a nurse!!! She would put her hands on the soles of my feet for me to press against to make my spine feel better. Or she's make sure I had a new gown. She showed me how to get in and out of bed with ease and how to use the bottom rail as a footstool to get in. She put pillows in the back of my bed and arranged them perfectly for a perfect night's rest. But THE BEST thing about Tamara, is that she was about to go off shift, but she could tell I was miserable with my hair. She assured me she'd figured a way to get my hair done without having to go downstairs to the salon. She and Graland got me in the bathroom on a chair and gave me the most luxurious hair washing!! I oooo'ed and awwww'ed the whole time they scrubbed. A girl just cannot go 8 days without getting her hair washed!!! After that, everyone who came in saw a completely different person! I was renewed and refreshed and ready to face the world without the mop hair! She was my other healing nurse. She just knew how to speak to you.
I got this done about 6:30 in the morning. I remember because I called Donna on her cell and told her that I usually have a prayer request for her, but today I wanted to give a praise report: I got my hair washed!!!! Hey, I KNOW the angels were dancing!!
I won't go into the other nurses. :( Ones who didn't know how to strip a drain or do wound care...which Graland took over from about the second day. Some I was afraid of because I thought they might do something that would harm my health. I know many were graduate students, but they didn't have the "presence" of my healing nurses.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
nurses
Posted by Jo at 7:20 PM
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