Learning to Lose

 

 

Been on My Mind a Lot Lately.

Sometimes We Lose.

Our Humanness Tested 

Again.

I remember my First Code 99,

1980-ish.

I was a New Nurse on a Medical Floor in a medium sized Hospital.

Doctors, Nurses, All hands on deck.

The Patient died after the Doctor had to stop trying.

The Doctor Lost

I Lost

The Patient & Family Lost.

We all learn something when We Lose or Fail.

I had a Dream that night that as we wheeled the Corpse to the Morgue,

He sat up and shouted, “I’m Not Dead!”

Then I woke up.

The First

 He lost His First Patient as a New Resident Doctor.

Everybody has a First.

My Doctor

What a great man.

This tribute poster hangs in the clinic hallway.

I miss him greatly.

He helped us get where we are now 

His memory keeps me going.

Meg

Beggar Girl and Doctor Visit

 I'll let you write the story.
Drawing these images
was like tracing memories
From long ago.
Meg

2 Birds and Bad News illustrated

Still having trouble with my photo files,
Transferring between devices,
Each with It's own quirks
So I squeezed out what I could,
A couple of sketches.
2 Birds chattering
And
When the Doctor gives bad news.
,an unenviable and underappreciated duty.