Patients

today was one of those days where I found my job to be rewarding. I had one of my most favorite patients come in to be seen. She is a sweet lady and has been through a lot emotionally and physically, but will always have a smile. She has been very sick, she lost 131lbs in 3 month sick. she was at deaths door(she told me she had an out of body experience), but instead of being weirded out by it she was thankful, and of all people to me....back in April she had came in just to get her blood drawn, well I saw her and talked to her, she did not look good so I convinced her to see the doctor that day, she did and was admitted to the hospital that same day with Congestive Heart failure...one thing lead to another and her body began to shut down. well thankfully she made it through and lived to tell us about how life is precious and not to take even the smallest of things for granted. She then thanked me again. WOW. I made a difference.
today another patient wife called me and he was very sick, he would not listen to her, so I convinced him to come in and a good thing as he is now in the hospital, his poor wife was so relieved. WOW, I felt really good.
So even when we think that we are effecting someones life we could be. when we think that what we say or do for someone else really does not make a difference it can. SO i guess my lesson for today is.......continue to do things for others, though you may never know the end result YOU do make a difference.
God is good
tam