Day 5
Getting better….
Today was an emotional day for a lot of reasons. We started the day with a devotional from Dr. Baker. He spoke about success and giving away your gifts and following the plan that is laid out for you. That is not always an easy thing to do. Intrinsically, we want to understand things and be able to predict what comes next. Today certainly proved that is not always possible.
On Sunday, we triaged patients and made treatment plans and scheduled procedures. One of the patients scheduled for Dr Robinson today was a 16 year old girl. We had a plan for her. We knew the risks and explained them to her and her family. We started the procedure. We learned that her condition was worse than expected. We paused. Dr Robinson broke scrub and went to speak to her parents. Decisions were made and plans changed. An adjustment to the procedure left us all with heavy hearts.
Later, we rounded on our patients including the 16 year old. Her parents both stood by her side while Dr Robinson delivered the news to her that we had to amputate her finger due to an aggressive tumor. And while we all knew that it was the absolute right choice, it was hard to witness.
It is hard to understand what plan involves pain and suffering for a young girl. But we try to remember. Now… she’s getting better.
The emotional roller coaster continued as I had the great opportunity to interview the young lady today that had a knee replacement in hopes of being able to walk again. That interview will be posted soon, but here’s a quick spoiler… She is so excited for the next chapter of life. She and her husband were both all smiles this afternoon. And you guessed it. She’s getting better.
As Dr Baker reminded us: sometimes you are in a situation as part of the plan laid for you. And sometimes. You are there as part of someone else’s plan. We still want to understand all the
plans and be able to predict what comes next. Its still hard to give away our gifts and following the plan that was made for us. But, we too are getting better.
Elaina Turner- Team blogger and Photographer
