Here is my beautiful gal Sara on her first day of Nursing school. Isn't she cute? I am so proud of her. Many know this already, but Sara was 5 days into a Nursing program down in Denver, CO when I got cancer the first time. She and I decided that she would drop out and become my full time caregiver as well as girlfriend (believe me the latter job is more than enough). So, finally after this long and painful journey, Sara is now back in Nursing school and doing wonderfully. She is trully an amazing woman. I know from personal experience that she gives her entire spirit to those she is caring for. She as an innate ability to heal. I know because she has brought me back from the brink of death several times.She is my hero, my lover, my bestfriend, and one of my greatest teachers.
JJ
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i have followed your story since before xmas ... having heard about you thru your friend bill. anyhow this message is for sara because ... i'm a nurse. er -- was a nurse. i struggled long and hard with the many many stressors and burdens one takes on when one undertakes to become a nurse.
and in the midst of it all i found that this ... this is not for me. and for so many i have met. many an bright and shining light has walked thru the doors into nursing school only to find themselves so disillusioned and despaired by all the suffering and the huge burden of responsibility.
it is staggering, sara. staggering. you likely felt an inkling of this as you endured jjs illness and treatments along side him. but ... there is nothing like having the power to take someone's life your grasp. i mean - if a nurse makes a mistake it could mean a life lost. that is such a burden to bear, and one for which school does not prepare you.
also staggering is the soul crushing sorrow, and pain that nurses witness. but ... i'm not saying all this to scare you. just to give you a glimpse of what practice is like for a nurse. once you've witnessed the suffering, and death of a human you are never the same.
its the most privileged and awstruck i have ever felt. and i wish it for you. and i wish for you all the strength of spirit and heart and soul and pysche you will need to continue your journey into nursing.
and most of all, sara, i wish for you a steely strength of your convictions. you will meet darkness and see things that disturb you. remember always that a nurse's duty lies with her patient's well being first and foremost. and that is sometimes hardest of all.
good luck as you walk this journey. its is most rewarding and most sorrow-filled at the same time.
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