Sunday, September 6, 2009

another trip to the hospital (for work)

I had to take another Resident to the hospital. I was not near the emergency room so I thought it would be better, however I saw the nurse from the ER from the day of the accident and I saw the social worker from that day too. The nurse smiled at me and I think she knew who I was. The social worker came up and spoke to me, asked how things are going and said that she had been thinking of us a lot since that day. I gave her an update of all that has transpired since our Baby left their hospital on the helicopter. She was very concerned and sincerely interested and I appreciated that. She asked how my mom is doing and I said she is doing alright, but is still having a hard time. She said "oh, is there a lot of tension between the two of you?" I said no, that we are getting along very well, she is just really hard on herself. I said, the good thing about being in the hospital for 6 days is that we all had the chance to show her that we don't hate her, even if she isn't quite ready to accept that. Again, it's interesting that all of these strangers think I should be irate with my mom- it's just not happening... I don't have an ounce of anger toward her. Accidents happen. I don't think my in-laws or even my husband are mad at her. I've been think a lot about how easily it could happen to anyone. I remember reading an article in a Parents magazine about a lady who turned away for a minute and her baby fell off the changing table. I am starting to think I should submit our story, not only to remind people to be careful, but also to share how we have all come through this together. Apparently, that's not really heard of. The more I think about it all, the more I think others may have had similar situations or could have it happen to them if they aren't aware of what all can happen and I think we would have a lot to share.

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