Feb 07, 2008 12:10 PM - THANKS,

Thanks for the story u presented
It was heart warming and i teared up,because i wished i had that special moment when i lost the man i loved years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This article brought out deep memories from my hospital memory of a loved one.
But i found peace of the experience i encountered. I know he loves me and i love him always and forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stay true to yourself and GREAT BLESSINGS will continue to come.

Feb 07, 2008 12:10 PM - Thank you so mch for your moving article. My husband is in the next room dying right now. I don't know if it will be today, next week or next month, but he has metastatic cancer that has invaded his brain. He has completed radiation and is in the midst of chemotherapy. He had a pulmonary embolus this week end, and is now on Lovenox BID.

He became more confused last night and I increased his decadron. He is somewhat better this morning, but can not convey his thoughts. He is not in pain, he can still walk to the bathroom, but he is sleeping more and more. I do not want to go back to the hospital, I do not want streams of people through our home. I want him to be comfortable in his own bed with his dogs and me here to love him until the end.

I pray that I am able to do this, and with all the mental energy and physical strengh I have, I will do my best. He is the best man I have every known, a kind and wonderful protector, and he has made me laugh every day since I met him. I know life goes on, but I have a hard time envisioning that right now.

Thank you all who help the sick, the injured and those who cannot help themselves. We as nurses see people as no one else can, and we have a duty to be there. Yes, it is hard, downright backbreaking, heart breaking work sometimes, but who else is going to do it?

Feb 07, 2008 12:32 PM - I can't have words to describe what I fell reading your article. You are a perfect nurse thank God that that you are! You and your life case article is an exemple about what nurse means to be before all laws, rules and regulations! Bless your heart and soul!

Feb 07, 2008 07:10 PM - wow...this cannot be taught in school...your patient and his wife were truly blessed to have you there to let them share the intimacy of his passing as passionately as they shared their life together...I'm sure he will be waiting for her. you are a rare kind of special

Feb 07, 2008 10:11 PM - We do exactly the same were I work, and I'm happy to feel that the babies are not left on their own ...

Feb 07, 2008 11:46 PM - When all the technology and drugs can't save my loved I pray a nurse will do the same for me. God bless you. Compassion and healing at it's highest.

Feb 08, 2008 01:21 AM - Tears just started to fall..
So nice to read such things like this.
A wonderful NURSE you are.
what you've done, says it all..
its not just the knowledge we got from books that we should apply,
It is really a matter of having a "HEART" when we are working as a NURSE=)

May you always be blessed

Feb 08, 2008 06:10 AM - I lost my husband in the fall. I requested that they move him over in bed so that I could lay next to him and feel his warmth and love. Well I can tell you that afternoon was the last solid sleep I've had in 5 months. I thank God I had the courage to ask for this, because that evening he passed away. I can't put into words what that meant to me. I walked around in a state of shock for quite sometime. I am now a nurse and understand the need for intimacy with a dying patient. Thanks for writing this!!!!

Feb 08, 2008 07:18 AM - I'll never forget how kind the ER staff were to us when I lost my 7 month old to SIDS. They waited until I arrived from work - a 45 minute drive at best, to call the code. Then they led us to a private room and brought my son for us to hold and say good bye to. I held him for hours and when I had an overwhelming desire to see all of him, they said not a word as I undressed him. Just that last look at his sweet baby feet was so comforting to me in a way I can never describe.

Feb 08, 2008 05:39 PM - This is such an amazing and moving article.. thanks for sharing