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Today I am especially grateful for my older daughter. It seems that life and circumstances have placed her exactly where she needs to be during this pandemic. She is an adrenaline junkie, an ER Nurse and trained Paramedic, 911 dispatcher and Law Enforcement officer sidelined by Covid last March. While she recovered, she was able to provide daycare for her sister's two little boys while Mom worked from home.
In June she transitioned to a tele-med job for her large urban hospital. In her role, she has honed her triage skills, used her vast network of contacts, and helped countless people. She worked from our den for a few weeks, and I was able to hear her patience, soothing tones, and vast efforts to help her sometimes difficult patients.
A few weeks ago, she took us to their Covid clinic when my husband had symptoms (we were all negative) and that got us both on the radar as "high risk", so we got notified this week and got the vaccine on Wednesday. Friday night her sister began to have some alarming symptoms, and she triaged her and took her to the ER, where they found a sudden, unexplained hematoma in her arm. This weekend, their hospital found themselves with unused, about to expire vaccine doses. She reached out and connected no fewer than a dozen friends and family members over 65, all on the state's "wait list" of 200,000 with the clinics to get injections yesterday, and was able to get at least 6 more patients vaccine.
These are just a few examples of this amazing woman being "in the right place at the right time" over the past few years.
Sue
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@sueinmm Great story of being in the right place at the right time and using resources for good!
@sueinmn Your daughter sounds like an absolute gem, and a person who is definitely in the right job. There are a few nurses in our family and all of them are very soothing and caring people. Having had too many inpatient stays prior to my transplant I know too well just how much difference a good nurse can make. I think at my local hospital where most of my stays were, I had about two or three caring nurses. At Mass General they were all incredible though.
I have changed doctors and my current doctor uses a different hospital. Hopefully I won't have to go in the hospital but if I do at all I hope the nurses there will be better than they were at the other hospital.
JK
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@sueinmn So great to hear this about your daughter! Definitely a reason to be grateful, and her training is reaching out to so many. It makes you proud as her mama, I bet!
@parus Yes, there seems to be fewer posts on this group. Thank you for reminding me gently that I need to be grateful for each day. Last weekend I stood in line in the snow and sleeting rain, for my first dose of Covid vaccine. It was supposed to be a stay-in-your-vehicle event, so I had packed a snack and crafts to keep me entertained. There was a snafu and we ended up standing out in weather. But I was ecstatic to be getting the shot! Weather be darned! I had decided to join educators and healthcare workers also in line, even though I am not in that group, due to upcoming medical treatments. I listened to complaints and opinions from many, but could not bring myself to find anything negative.
Ginger