National Nurses week

Today is the beginning of National Nurses week which honors all nurses who long hours in hospitals all throughout the United States.

I am thankful for these people that do this work. I would see the nurses much more often than I would see the doctors and they were the ones who many times would do the actual grunt work in taking care of me.

The one group of nurses that I am most thankful for were the wound nurses. One of the effects of the appendix bursting was that there were all sorts of materials that were left in my abdominal area. And I had to have sponges put in me in sort to soak up whatever was there. So two to three times a week, for at least five months, I had to have them taken out and replaced with new ones. And these ladies did the job, taking out sponges, putting in new ones and at times even taking pictures of my abdomen to track the progress of my healing. And there was no sign of squeamishness or anything like that!

And one in particular stands out. Her name was Kimberly over at Christus Santa Rosa. The reason Kimberly stands out was that she was 7 months pregnant while working on me...talk about going above and beyond the call of duty. It was so funny that she would be working on me and at times her pregnant belly would be on my arms and I could feel the baby kick and move around in there...

Another Kimberly memory was of a  time where I basically became a classroom...she was training nurses who were in school and brought them in and taught them while changing the sponges....

So thanks to all the nurses who do all that you do! May God bless you and in the words of Paul "knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain"...