When I was still working as a hospital floor nurse, one Christmas we had the most grumpy old lady that everyone disliked, so, of course, I loved her. Her family was over 2 hours away so she never had any visitors. After my shift one morning I went to the store, bought Christmas decorations and came back to the hospital. I decorated every corner of her room. I asked the one nurse that “caught” me to swear she’d never tell and she didn’t. All my dear lady wanted was to “go home for Christmas.” She was discharged on the 23rd. She had given me her home phone number so I called her Christmas day. I spoke with her son briefly. She passed the night before. She did indeed go home for Christmas. Her son said the whole time she was home she talked about the decorations in her room and how happy it made her. After that I made a point to decorate anyone’s room that was barren at Christmas. It was worth every moment.
When I was still working as a hospital floor nurse, one Christmas we had the most grumpy old lady that everyone disliked, so, of course, I loved her. Her family was over 2 hours away so she never had any visitors. After my shift one morning I went to the store, bought Christmas decorations and came back to the hospital. I decorated every corner of her room. I asked the one nurse that “caught” me to swear she’d never tell and she didn’t. All my dear lady wanted was to “go home for Christmas.” She was discharged on the 23rd. She had given me her home phone number so I called her Christmas day. I spoke with her son briefly. She passed the night before. She did indeed go home for Christmas. Her son said the whole time she was home she talked about the decorations in her room and how happy it made her. After that I made a point to decorate anyone’s room that was barren at Christmas. It was worth every moment.