Packing

So much to talk about, so little time...so a bit of my day in a nutshell.

I literally was packing a patient's belongings today, and it made my heart ache thinking about it. I packed up stuff for a patient who is on the express train to the hereafter. You know it's heartbreaking when the boss says, "Can you look for his cell phone? They need some numbers only he (Dad) had to make calls for the funeral." Happily, I found it amid all the stuff, but packing and sorting all the toiletries, t-shirts, therapy items and treats was hard. I liked him. He was one of my best patients ever.

We moved people around again. If only the transportation fairy comes to our unit and takes us to the sister unit for a remodel. Maybe Santa Claus will visit next year...

Finally, before I left I was packing supplies to distribute to my rooms down the hall on the way out. A couple of my more macabre coworkers thought I was smuggling out a urinal for a novel "beverage container".

No recycled beverages for me, thanks.

Off to bed...one more day to study...stay tuned.