ANG_LPN

Morgan Lee Gentry

Thank you your prayers. Another concern that I have is how people view me and my reaction. When in public I tend to switch to what I call "nurse mode". I have heard some people say that I am in denile (I am NOT in denile), I am bottling my emotions (I have cried out in agony in private every day), I am handling this better than I should be (what?). I keep catching myself thinking of that day as an observing nurse. I openly cursed my knowledge of what was happening. I am also terrified of CPS. We are very good parents. We don't do drugs, beat our kids, or torture them. Everyone keeps telling us how such good parents we are.

I am an LPN and mother of five. On OCT 11 I lost my 3 month old to SIDS. No warning. No sickness. He was extremely strong and vibrant. Just had a check up two weeks prior. Has anyone else ever had this happen to them? I hated my nursing experience due to the fact that as soon as I found him that morning I knew he was gone and I could do nothing about it. I haven't gone back to work yet and I am terrified to. If anyone else out there has been through this please talk to me.

My first job was med/surg. I started out as the unit secretary then NA then went to school. Pay scale was 11/hr. Now I'm in LTC making 22/hr. Looking into corrections at a county jail closer to home.

These stories are great and I am proud to say I am an LPN of 4 yrs and the mother of 4boys and 1girl. So needless to say, I have seen my fair share of disgusting things. (not to mention I grew up on a farm) The most memorable gross thing was one evening in LTC my best friend a CNA came to ask me to take a look at a resident's peri area due to the funk. I made the mistake of asking her to describe it to me. She immediately responded with: It looks like when you try to pull apart a grilled cheese sandwich. I haven't been able to eat grilled cheese without giggling since. PS That's what it looked like too! Gotta love those nurses you follow that don't wipe off the treatment cream before appyling new!