There is something important I really want you to know. I am not sure what you will think about it. Yet I think it is so very important that we talk a minute. Technology and a breathing machine can keep your heart beating for an extra day or so when you, or your family, say that it is okay. That extra day or two on a breathing machine is powerful time. Life saving time. It gives births, weddings, fishing trips, proms, parents, grandparents, children, and bowls of strawberry shortcake with whipped cream back to others. You know, life things. Precious life things. Your local transplant experts will be contacted by the medical team. We will arrive at the hospital, no matter the hour or the weather. We will leave our children on their Birthdays. We will arrive and we will wait and try to determine the best time to ask your family. Most of us will have a certain sense of nervousness. We do not know what your family will say. We are the only ones that represent the unknown families that are counting on us to save the lives of the ones they love.
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Carole h
1/27/2015 07:50:56 pm
As always, very profound thoughts . My regret is may parts will be too worn out when I go!
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Ellen q
1/28/2015 11:29:40 pm
Bless you for the work you do It reminds me of the wonderful and loving hospice workers that helped my father transition.
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