tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post9113782805548370284..comments2023-11-05T03:41:09.081-06:00Comments on Prairie Light: CPE Orientation Day 2RevDrKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-81441785405611425212011-09-16T21:32:06.702-05:002011-09-16T21:32:06.702-05:00Prayers for you, Kate....Prayers for you, Kate....Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-27967223044448389802011-09-15T16:41:22.559-05:002011-09-15T16:41:22.559-05:00Those jobs were a long, long time ago.
I have eve...Those jobs were a long, long time ago.<br /><br />I have every single confidence in your capacity for this. You are a loving, perceptive, professional person. You will do very well. If I were in the hospital, I would be glad to have you be my chaplain.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-10964484739762421552011-09-14T21:10:14.044-05:002011-09-14T21:10:14.044-05:00I am sure that you will be a great blessing to you...I am sure that you will be a great blessing to your patients and their families. Definitely stressful, though. <br /><br />I had at least 70 patients die during my summer CPE. (Probably closed to 100, but it didn't occur to me to count until several weeks in.) And every situation is completely different from every other one. One of my colleagues spent almost the entire first week or so with a family whose young child had been in a terrible accident, staying with them for hours as they made the decision to withdraw life support.<br /><br />Last week a friend complained that a movie I had recommended was "so dark." I looked at him quizzically and said, "Because life is."Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.com