Chronic Illness and faith
The precise meaning of chronic is "persisting for a long time", and it is used chiefly of illnesses or other
problems.
If you are chronically ill chances are you are operating at
max capacity every day. I know I am and have been for the last 26 years. I feel
like the child’s game where you try to fill the bucket with out it spilling
over and when it does the game is done. I feel like if I get one more thing
medically to deal with – game over. Today I had to yell at a nurse over the
phone, to get the help I needed. This should never happen! One of the reasons I
went in to nursing was to make a difference, to actually care about and help
people. Patch Adams one of my all time favorite movies touches on this and is
an example of what I am talking about. When I worked at a hospital a patient
with nausea and vomiting requested lime Jell-O and his nurse did not order it
so I asked why and she said he would just vomit it back up. Since there was no
medical reason he couldn’t have the Jell-O I got it for him. His appreciation
was worth the look I got from the other nurse. The patient told me when he has
nausea lime Jell-O helps. Sometimes listening is as important as action.
If the only thing I had to deal with was one UTI then I
would not have yelled at the nurse but when it is the 10th UTI this
year and she treats me like I am asking for too much then, she deserves it.
Sometimes I wish working in health care did not pay as well as it did because then
you would have many more doctors and nurses who were doing it for the right
reasons. Today is one of those days I feel like I could not handle one more
thing and yet here I am so I turn it over to God and ask for his strength and
healing because the truth is I can’t do it without Him. I continue to pray for
healing even though I doubt it will happen for me. I do believe in miracles and
I have seen them happen it just doesn’t seem to be my destiny.
I just typed a reply and lost it. Instead of retyping I just will say good word and I will pray for you. Psalm 73:25-26 a good read too.
ReplyDeleteThank you friend!
DeleteGood post and I just watched Patch Adams again yesterday. So good!
ReplyDeleteGods time is not the same as ours,nor is His plans always clear to us.I can't offer much,but can offer my prayers for you.I hope your day goes well and God Bless you!
ReplyDeleteLenora Ziobro
Lenora
DeleteIt is in the trusting of His plan and timing we find peace,
Have you read this post? http://job6-3.blogspot.com/2015/01/acceptance-and-peace.html
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