Im sitting here, at the hospital, with my friend. Its not unusual, every time shes been in the hospital I come in and sit with her. This time is different in the fact that shes on hospice and comfort measures only. I cant help but think what an honor and privilege it is to spend these hours with her, and to have been befriended by her in the first place. We met when I started working at the Villa Maria nursing home. She was this tiny vivacious force of nature that could crack me up and make a very hard and busy day much easier. I loved the days when we were assigned the same wing, I knew those days would be fun. She worked well with every one but make no mistake if she had an issue, you were gonna know about it!! She left there to go work at Backus and as most work friendships do, ours fell by the wayside except for the occasional drop-in on Facebook. Therefore, imagine my surprise when she showed up at my work taking the initial tour. She was with an woman who I assumed was the patient but in true Jen fashion she said nope, its me and whipped up her shirt to show me her scars from her recent surgery. And then she said youre gonna be my nurse right?! Of course I was...for the last three years. She would come in with her stepmom or her dad who Ive become great friends with, and shed bring her notebook and write down everything I was putting in her body. That damn infernal notebook of hers! She wrote down everything, but as time went on she used that notebook to write down recipes she copied out of a magazine for fat kid food, or to write down a website for coupons, etc. I told her Id be with her every step of the way. In these three years weve celebrated the big things and the little things, weve cried together but most of all Ive been able to witness this wonderful woman forge ahead after each upset, Ive seen what an amazing mother she is to her two beautiful children and Ive felt her fiercely loyal love for her friends and family. And even though her short life is coming to an end she has gifted all who have known her. We are truly blessed to be loved by Jen. So again, I sit here and think, what an honor and a privilege I have been given. I love you my friend!
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:00:43 +0000
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