pnumonia

Philippines
January 15, 2009 1:46am CST
while in the hospital i cant help but notice the ward with drape covering it when i peeked because i was so curious, i saw a little child with tubings connected to him/her i didnt get to take a look at the chart to see if its a girl or a boy, afer then i looked at the mother of the child and tears fell down my cheeks... when my classmates saw me teary eyed they asked me why was i crying and i said i'm happy that i have a healthy baby and i feel sad for the mother of the sick child but i cant do anything about it to prolong the childs life..all i can do is to give them comfort in the worst times of there lives...so when i reached home that night after my shift... i prayed and asked for gods grace to help the child and let him/her live a normal life...when i returned to the hospital the same shift i was unable to speak to the mother of the child because i ran out of comforting words to say.... what else could i do to help the mother of that child? what else could i say to make them feel a little less pressured?
1 response
mummyofthree
@mummyofthree (2715)
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15 Jan 09
I have never been in your situation and pray that I never am. I really admire you and others that undertake work in hospitals. I know that I couldn't cope with coming in to contact with ill people every day. The only advice I can give is to treat them as you would like to be treated yourself. It sounds as though you are doing an excellent job allready. Let her know that you are there if she wishes to talk. If she would like to go for a drink you will wait with her child until she returns. Perhaps bring her a drink without being asked (if it is allowed). Small acts of kindness and thoughfulness will mean alot to her at this hard time in her life.