This post may be a little different then ones in the past. It is nurses week and I wanted to highlight them in some way. Nurses have literally been a gift from above to me personally. As many of my readers may know I lost a son at 5 months of pregnancy.
I was sent to the hospital from my gyno doctor and told to wait for him to come across the street to the hospital. I was sadly already in the delivery stages early on and waiting the doctor out was nothing something my body was going to do. It was a nurse who helped deliver my son. It was a nurse who held my hand and took care of me. The doctor did not show for hours as he actually went home for the night instead of coming over like he said. It was the nurses who made a grief box filled with poems, encouraging words and every single blanket, hat or gown that my son touched. I was given a stuffed animal they kept with him the whole time that I now cherish. They were the ones checking in on me. Not just in the hospital either. Nurse Jen called me a week later, a month later , and even 6 months later to check in on me. No one told her to. It was something she did to ensure the grieving mothers had someone there. Someone to talk too.
Nurses also informed me about this national project called Now I lay Me Down to Sleep. A photographer donates their time and skills and comes to the hospital to take family pictures of you and your angel. Looking back I am grateful for this service as they are the only moments with my first son and they were captured.
Fast forwarding to the infertility office nurses who took care of me and prayed for me along my journey. The ones who jumped for joy as I became pregnant. The ones who celebrated at the end of my healthy pregnancy with Seth. They even had a certificate ready for me after 20 weeks of shots.
Thank you to the nurse who held my shoulders as I was getting ready for my c-section, and made me feel comfortable in the most uncomfortable position as the spinal shot was inserted.
Nurses are the best. They run on short sleep and long hours. So thank you! Thank you for all you do and continue to do.
