Friday, December 7, 2007

Yesterday

So wed I went home sick from work, much to my horror. No sick days left since using all for divorce things... So rested up and went to work on Thursday feeling GREAT! i was thrilled as I could NOT afford to have another day off work... let alone allot for the flu! So yesterday i was giving a patient some instructions for after surgery and amid my second sentences she stopped me. She stopped me to say: "I want to tell you that you are very good at your job." Me.. a bit shocked and shy said Thank you.. that means allot to me. "No really.. i don't know if people tell you that every day but they should. You held my hand, helped me with my breathing, distracted me, noticed I wasn't feeling well before I said anything. I was terrified and you made it amazingly better." I was flabbergasted! It was such an amazing thing to be told. And you know i LOVE my job. I love going home and knowing that I helped someone feel better that day. I never knew I would have an interest in the health care field.... Although my mom did tell me when I was little that I should be a pediatrician. And now that I'm typing this before I left on Wed to go home.. a dad came back in to tell me thank you for keeping his daughter distracted... it helped alot. He came back in to tell me thank you. It felt great. You know... little things like that.. no mater how bad your day or week is.... make it all okay and doable.

3 comments:

Tracy Rambles On And On said...

{hugs}

It's little things like that that make it all better.
Hope you're feeling better too!

Pokey Puppy said...

Yea It really did make me feel great. And you know I've worked at that job for 1 1/2 years and I still love it. And I love feeling that I'm doing something that really helps people. And even better that someone thinks I make THEM feel better not just the other way.

Lainey-Paney said...

those great moments & appreciative patients make all the BS we put up with worth it, don't they???