such special people

by some magical stroke of luck, chance, or as i'd like to see it, grace, my grandmother was warded at the ward i was released from one year ago.

she threw up blood clots on saturday night while i was out with my buddies, and my brother who was at home had to call the ambulance to get her to the emergency room. she's had some ulcers in her stomach which were bleeding and that is fixed. she might get discharged tomorrow, and i've got my fingers crossed.

my mom and aunt came home last night and told me, "your grandma's in the ward where you're famous."

it didn't really click at first because she was supposed to go to another ward after stepping down from the high dependency unit, but somehow landed there.

so this morning, my aunt and i went to visit her. it was strange, and sweet to see all the familiar faces! they didn't recognise me. i could walk past most of the nurses without having them recognise my face, which was really quite cool.

those ward nurses are such special people. let's see, i was not the easiest or most cooperative patient. i was recovering from a rather extensive surgery and i'd just been diagnosed with diabetes. on top of that, i'd also somehow wound up with a foot drop affecting my right foot. of course i was crying when they changed the wound dressing, and of course i made noise whenever it was time for an insulin shot. and to top it off, i'm a real nosey parker. anything they wanted to do to me, or feed me would duly be questioned.

but the nurses were really awesomely patient with me! despite the fact that i was such a difficult patient to take care of. they also managed to tolerate the noise generated by my many visitors and my mom's daily interrogation. plus, i think they really pampered me! (:

so that's why, even though they probably won't come across this entry, they totally deserve it. it's not easy being a nurse, because from what i observe it's a busy and stressful kind of job. and yet one year on i see most of them still there, slogging it out. giving injections, administering cupfulls of medicine, answering patient calls and dealing with family members. nurses are awesome people. because let's face the harsh truth - hospitals everywhere would be a totally nasty place without them.