pediatric hospice

[rocktrim]

Worked phone triage through the night last night, which included our kids' hospice. A young mom called about 430am. With all the meds we'd given them, her baby's pain was still unresolved and he couldn't sleep more than an hour at a time, without waking up screaming.

In all our days, with all our troubles, can you even remotely imagine the heartache a young mother feels, when her baby is crying in terminal pain. It must feel like the world had stopped turning.

Last week at Team meeting, the chaplain played "Turn, Turn, Turn", and to every season, a purpose under heaven. And I have believed that with every challenge, some good will come of it. But I felt that to this young mom, what unimaginable purpose could justify her hardship?

I wonder, how could God possibly want this? It makes everyone shudder.

But that is the definition of faith, is it not? To believe that God holds us in arms, always, regardless of celebration or sorrow. I was unable to help the young mother because of my inadequacy in pediatrics, and had to call on the nurse specialist.

Perhaps something for us to remember is that, as nurses, we too, hold patients in our arms, regardless of celebration or sorrow.

08/14/2013

[GundeRN]

God doesn't want this. He created a perfect world and we polluted it when we brought in sin. Some day He will make things right and no one will question why, because we will have the memory of how things were when we tried to go our own way.

I am curious though, what did the pediatric specialist recommend?

[rocktrim]

the specialist got an order for increased medication to accommodate the increased pain. The child, however, has declined to the point of needing crisis care, and a medical professional is in the home 24 hours/day. we are only trying to provide comfort and relief to the patient and family. i believe this truly is God's work.

[GundeRN]

Poor baby, I will pray that they succeed and he is comforted. His family too.