> I DO > > Do you know what it feels like to enter the room of a child who is > delirious with fever...crying out in moans..reaching out in the darkness > for some comfort from the frightening world of sickness..I do. > Do you know what it feels like to stand in the hallway of a busy > Emergency Room and watch the Rescue Workers racing frantically towards > you as they bring in the victims of the automobile wreckage just five > blocks away..I do. > Do you know what it feels like to see the young man, gasping in pain > from what you know to be a massive coronary..watching you with eyes full > of fear...fear of the unknown..I do. > Do you know what it feels like to hold the hand of an elderly dying > woman..to stroke her brow and offer words of comfort as she laborously > tries to take her last remaining breaths..I do. > Do you know what it feels like to walk down a lonely corridor at > midnight..to enter a waiting area..to appoach a family huddled in some > chairs in the far corner.. to sit with them and quietly and as > painlessly as possible tell them that their loved one has passed on..I > do. > Do you know what it feels like to hold the hand of a young, single, > teenge girl who is battling with a decision of whether or not to bring > another life into this world..to offer her counseling and guidance..to > pray that your words to her have helped..I do. > Do you know what it feels like to see the young man who is fighting the > addiction to drugs..to see the look on his face when he realizes that > just last month he was in a group session which you led.. where he > promised you then he would never touch those drugs again..I do. > Do you know how it feels to coach the laboring mother who is giving > birth..her hand squeezing the life blood out of your hand as they are > clasped together..and to witness the joyous birth of her first born..I > do. > Do you know how it feels to see the look on a worried, anxious wife's > face..and to see the relief and joy spreading across her very being as > you tell her that her dear husband is going to be "just fine!"..I do. > Do you know how it feels when a highly respected surgeon takes a moment > to approach you in the cafeteria to offer his thanks and appreciation > for your assistance in a surgical procedure he performed a week ago..I > do. > Do you know how it feels to walk into a dark, back room and > cry..sometimes tears of sadness for those who did not "make it" that > evening..and sometimes tears of joy for having just witnessed a "medical > miracle"..I do. > Do you know how if feels to don a starched white uniform and go to work > "just one more day"..because by doing so, you know you make a > difference..I do. > I do all of these things and more..for I am the nurse behind that door. > > Written by: Emily A. Park (DixieSong53aol.com) > .·:*´¨`*:·..·:*´¨`*:·. *: * Richiele * * *·. .·* `*·-:¦:-*´ ³´`*:»§«:*´`³