Nursing Care and a New Face
My current nursing care team was only made up of two people. Laurie, my PCA, and Jackie, my nurse. However, about a week earlier, my nurse Jackie had dropped the bucket of bad news over my head. She was going back to school to become a nurse practitioner. After posting a whole lot of Facebook ads and interviewing three to four nurses, I made contact with Melody. As I tried to describe the nursing care I required in medical terms, Jeff butted in. He gave her the rundown on what I was like and how my care worked. Jeff described me as some sort of high-tech, inflatable Barbie doll toy. He explained that I needed to be hooked up to charge overnight.
Melody grinned at me, “I’m up for a challenge! I’d like to do more than just provide nursing care and keep you alive. I’d like to see you thrive. If you decide to hire me, we can do lots of awesome stuff together. We can drive down to see your parents and grandparents. Other times we can go to the park with Jeff to race remote control cars. Or we can go to the mall to shop at The Children’s Place or Justice. Sometimes we can even do art projects together. I would really love if you could share some of your writing with me!
