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“Code Hero”
So often in the hospital we hear a variety of ‘codes’ called overhead. Each hospital has their own set of codes. “Code Yellow. Code Grey. Code Orange. Rapid Response Team/RRT. Code Red,” the list continues. Generally at orientation staff members are provided with a badge that will have the list of codes on them so when you hear them called on the speaker you have an idea of what is going on. There is a code that is not listed on our badges. There is a code that is unlike the others. When other codes are called there is an urgency to save that patient in need. To do everything…
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One year ago… The Walkway
I wrote this one year ago.. in the midst of covid… I was working on the covid unit at our local hospital since March 2020. Our mom had been in a nursing home since January 2020, when life still moved… … this seems like a lifetime ago… but at the same time like it was yesterday… there is still pain… now it’s a different pain. She’s gone. That’s final. There’s no changing that… She’s at peace now. She’s whole now. She is laughing. She is filled with joy. Her pain is no more. Her struggle is over on this earth. She can see her grand babies better than ever… but…