One thing for sure folks: Everyone loses this battle but staying healthy takes good food, exercise, positive mental thoughts, yes, you can do this and yes, you can cheat occasionally. I love ice cream but in moderation. I can't do that moderation thing so I refuse to bring it in the house. Believe me I have tried. I can devour an entire gallon of ice cream in one and a half days! No crap, really. Love pasta, pizza, and Chinese food too ! I set aside 1 day a week to choose one of those evil dishes and enjoy the hell out of them. Bet some of you do too.
Friday, June 7, 2019
His Toe Fell Off
It's a rough title for the beginning of my nursing career. I will never forget it and it's a wonder I continued. Several of my fellow nursing students and I were finally having the opportunity to go to one of the units in the hospital near our school. After 6 months of hitting the books, I was excited and ready to start the real thing.
Our instructor entered the room first and introduced us to Jake. I smiled and my eyes diverted right to this guy's feet, the sheet pulled up as if to air them out but it was just to prevent the sheets from rubbing on his feet. They were black, one more so than the other. It was actually wood like and brittle in appearance.
Our instructor had already told us Jake was a diabetic who didn't follow his diet at all and probably didn't take his meds as ordered. Jake was an "older" guy but at 19 I thought anyone over 40 was older. He allowed us to look at his feet and ask questions. I was standing close to the bed and without warning, Jake had a spasm of some sort and his leg moved up just as I dropped my arm to my side. I only brushed against his foot but touched his little toe. It fell off onto the sheet. I gasped, then silence. Not a word from anyone. Jake didn't even notice!
Needless to say, it was a rough morning.
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