[Aneroo]

This moment is one that touches me, and it's fairly recent. As a student on a step down trauma surgery/neuro floor, my patient was a 48 yo female who had been struck by a car. Thje first day went well. The second day I was there, she was been running a fever throughout the night. It broke, but she was still clammy. My group was leaving the floor for a conference, and I asked one of the CNA's if she could give my pt a bath while we were gone. She said she couldn't, the night CNA's didn't do any baths because "The students could do it". Awesome CNA, she said "Maybe when you get back we can work on it together". We came back, I went ahead and did the bath. It's amazing to me how much a bath, some lotion, and some clean linens can make a difference to a patient. She has a history of schozphrenia, but she was sweet to me. When I went in to tell her goodbye, she said "I love you". I wanted to cry. I know she really doesn't love me...she only knew me a few hours. But to me that meant I had made her happy, comfortable.
The other patient I had was a 3mo baby with hydrocephalus. He was born early, a twin, 28 weeks. His brother was at home with family (mom had another baby, dad was in jail). Me and a partner struggled with this tiny boy, as neither of us have kids, and my partner was a guy (he really struggled...no motherly instinct?) We were told he would go to Howell's Child Care (similar to a nursing home, but for children), because his mother couldn't or didn';t want to take care of him (he was blind due to ROP). A few weeks later our instructor came to me, told me I'd be giving two vaccinations to a baby who was going home. I go in, and it's the baby boy I had the first week. His mom, dad, sister and twin brother were there. After his shots, I picked him up to comfort him, and then gave him to his mom. Before I left, I saw them place the twins in the crib together...I wanted to cry (I'm hormonals, I cry a lot). They curled right up to each other, as to say "hey buddy, where ya been?". Even if it was a troubled household, I was glad he'd be with his brother. -
-Andrea