04/05/2020
Last night was my last night at Cox. This was a bittersweet night. Although I was out of my comfort zone with all the post surgical GI patients, I learned so much and everybody was so helpful! Thank you for including me as part of your team and family! Also thank you for your patience with all of my stupid questions! You guys are truly amazing and I hope to work with you again!
A little over month ago I signed my next contract at St Luke’s in Chesterfield. I was so excited at the time to go back to a floor and patient population I was a little more comfortable with and to work with everybody there again. I was also excited to have to opportunity to stay with my parents 3 days a week and be able to see them more. 💔
Although I am still excited to go to St. Luke’s and see everybody again, it unfortunately won’t be the same. I no longer can stay with my parents due to the pandemic. I will live in a hotel 3 days a week. The type of patients that I will be taking care of will not be the same type that I had last year. 😷
I was joking the other day that I have always wanted to be in the military but life happened and God called me elsewhere. Now I feel like I am preparing for war as I get my life ready to go work in St Louis. I am not scared of my patients. I am terrified of the unknown. If you would have told me a year ago before I became a travel nurse that I would be on the frontlines of a pandemic I would have laughed in your face.
Although I have many emotions coursing through me, I truly feel that God has called me to go. Would you pray for me. Pray for my mental health and my physical health. Pray for my family and that I don’t bring anything home to them. Pray that I can come home on my days off like originally planned. Pray that as I go to work that I can be the hands and feet of God. Please pray for my patients and that I can help minister to my patients because I can guarantee that they are 100% more terrified than me and 100% more alone than me.🙏🏼
Don’t get me wrong. I am extremely blessed to have a job that is considered essential and to have a paycheck coming in every week. If anybody needs anything please don’t be afraid to reach out.