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Typical Winter Day

3/27/2017

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It was a typical Adirondack winter day, penetratingly cold, heavy gray, and spitting snow.

When I entered Doug's room as usual, I saw his limp, now non-responsive body resting in his Hospice bed. The hand with the missing fingers lay across his chest as it rose and fell irregularly with each struggling breath.

​No Buffalo Plaid flannel shirt or worn jeans, no work boots were in sight.
This is where things get hard for me.
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Anne Bergeron
3/30/2017 09:11:45 am

As usual Robin, you give us a world to meditate on. My day is richer with your words!

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robin
3/30/2017 10:16:10 am

Thanks, Ann. Those of us who work in this field lose our patients, no matter what. That's why they are in our care.......to help them ease out with love and dignity, worth. But, it is difficult when patients such as Doug leave. Those empty rooms at Hospice always got to me.

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