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ORIGINAL: sirsholly I admit i hurt so badly right now I admit i received a call from one of my former eating disorder kids. I admit i never pulled harder for a patient as i did for her and she made it!!!! I admit she said i was the only one that really helped her and she needs me now because she is dealing with terminal cancer and has to say goodbye to her five year old son. I admit she has no idea i have a five year old son. I admit this might be the first time i turn away from a patient. I admit i cannot help her say goodbye. I admit I am saddened on many levels to read this. Please don't turn away from her. If what she said about you being the only one to help her is truly how she feels in her heart, then your turning away will feel like a kick in the gut to her. Just tell her that you just don't know the words for her to say to her son and possibly why. Perhaps you can find someone for her who deals with this sort of issue, I don't know. Even if you can't help her in the way she hopes, you can still help just by being there. Take care. *hugs* I admit I had the same thought, maybe you know someone who can help her to handle her situation. I admit it is really sad as it still saddenes me at times that my previous colleague died on breast cancer and her kid was just three, as single mum. I admit in the UK was a group which worked with children who had lost a sibling (that particular group did not work with children who had lost a parent) so I am wondering if maybe you have something like that over there which can also help that kid after s/he has to handle that huge loss at some point. I admit I understand that some problems from clients are too close for us to work with it (I have one particular group with which I refuse to work with for that same reason) but if you would be able to suggest someone else or network-pointers for her family afterwards to support her child, it might be awesome. (((hugs))) Holly...no matter what you do in that matter I admit my day yesterday was really nice and awesome, though my fibro did kick me in the butt and lead to huge pain in my legs. I admit as they have each year at least one new thing to drive I had a fair amount of catching up to do. I admit three of them I refused to drive (one I did as a kid and did not like it and the other two are way too gaga for me) and at least one new one I did miss to do, but it was a really nice day despite that my pain felt unbearable at times. I admit we left when the fireworks started, which was a bit of a shame, but painwise I was glad that D was happy with it to leave at that stage, too.
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