~NURSE KAYE

WHILE WE WERE AT OU MEDICAL CENTER/PRESBYTERIAN TOWERS, I CALLED IT

OUR "MISSIONARY HOSPITAL". THERE ARE PEOPLE REPRESENTED FROM ALL OVER

THE WORLD WORKING THERE. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW

ABOUT, GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO PEOPLE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO COME HERE

AND OBTAIN LICENSES TO BE RN'S, DOCTOR'S, RADIOLOGIST'S....WHATEVER THEY

ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AND AFTER 5 YEARS THEY CAN APPLY FOR

CITIZENSHIP OR THEY TAKE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BACK TO THEIR HOME LANDS

AND WORK THERE. WE HAD NURSES AND TECHS FROM THE SOVIET UNION,

UKRAINE, BOLIVIA, NEW GUINEA, ALL AREAS OF AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, CZECH

REPUBLIC, JAMAICA, AND SO MANY MORE BUT I CANNOT SPELL THEM ALL.

THEY MUST APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND THEY ONLY ACCEPT FIVE

APPLICANTS. FOR MANY OF THESE PEOPLE IT IS AT A HIGH COST OF NOT

BEING ABLE TO SEE THEIR FAMILIES FOR YEARS IF EVER.

THEY ALSO HAD WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL WHO HAD

DISABILITIES THAT I AM SURE A LOT OF BUSINESSES WOULD NOT EVEN

GIVE A CHANCE.

I KNOW THE DOCTORS IN MY TOWN....SOME NOT ALL....WOULD GO ON A TRYANT

IF THEY WERE IN THE ROOM TALKING TO A PATIENT AND THE HOUSEKEEPER

WALKS IN AND SAYS I AM HERE TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM AND STARTS GRABBING

THE TRASH......WHEN I BECAME A NURSE AND EVEN WHEN I WAS AN AIDE AND

AT THE HOSPITALS HERE TODAY, YOU NEVER ENTER THE ROOM WITHOUT

KNOCKING AND NEVER EVER STAY IN THE ROOM IF THE DR. IS THERE.....UNLESS

YOU ARE THE NURSE MAKING ROUNDS.

THESE DRS. JUST TALK OVER WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THE ROOM....

VERY ODD.

NURSE KAYE WAS ONE OF AMY'S NURSES. OUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF HER WAS NOT

VERY GOOD. SHE WAS AMY'S NURSE THE SECOND DAY AMY WAS OUT OF ICU.

SHE CAME INTO THE ROOM AND THERE WERE FOUR OF US IN THERE PLUS AMY.

ME AND MY DH AND LEILA AND HER DH. SHE ASKED AMY A QUESTION AND

KORBIE, LEILA'S HUSBAND SAYS, "SHE CAN'T TALK!" SHE SPUN AROUND AND GAVE

HIM THE EYE LOOK AND SAID, "I KNOW THAT!" AND WE WEREN'T GIVING HER

WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHOULD BE THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND SHE LEFT, STATING

SHE WOULD JUST HAVE TO READ THE CHART.....AND SHE HAD 5 PATIENTS AND

SHE JUST COULDN'T BE IN AMY'S ROOM THAT MUCH.

ABOUT THAT TIME THE DR. CAME IN AND WE TOLD HIM WHAT HAD TRANS-

PIRED AND I WAS QUITE UPSET STILL BECAUSE AMY HAD A TRACH. IT WAS

NOT AMY'S FAULT SHE HAD FIVE PATIENTS AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE

SHE WAS TAKEN CARE OFF.

THE FLOOR SUPERVISOR CAME IN AND FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS WAS DOING

THINGS FOR AMY AND WAS BUZZING UP AND DOWN THE HALL.

NURSE KAY is IN HER EARLY 60'S. A BEAUTIFUL LADY WITH A HAIR CUT LIKE the

PICTURE OF THE MANNEQUIN ABOVE.....ONLY HER HAIR WAS BEAUTIFUL SHADE OF

RED....MORE TOWARD THE MAROON SIDE THAN ORANGE. HER MAKE-UP WAS

PERFECT. SHE WORE BEAUTIFUL EARRINGS THAT MATCHED HER BRIGHTLY

COLORED UNIFORMS. SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL LADY.

AS THE NIGHT WENT BY WE GOT TO KNOW ~NURSE KAYE. HER HUSBAND

HAD PASSED AWAY YEARS EARLIER....SHE RETIRED FROM HER ACCOUNTING JOB

AT AGE 59 TO GO TO R.N. SCHOOL. SHE IS AN ANIMAL LOVER......VERY FUNNY

AND LOVES PEOPLE. AT THE END OF HER SHIFT I CALLED THE SUPERVISOR

INTO THE ROOM AND TOLD HER I WANTED TO FILL OUT A REPORT ON KAYE....

I TOLD HER SHE WAS AN AWESOME NURSE INSIDE AND OUT AND NOT ONLY

DID I LIKE HER BUT SO DID AMY. OUR LIVES WERE BLESSED BY NURSE

KAYE. SHE IS JUST VERY SPECIAL.

HAVING BEEN A NURSE I KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO NOT GET AN

AN ACCURATE REPORT AND IT IS HARD TO TAKE CARE OF THE PATIENT IF

THE ORDERS YOU WERE GIVEN ARE NOT CLEAR...........BUT THE PATIENT MUST

NOT PAY THE PRICE.

I AM SO VERY GLAD WE GAVE NURSE KAYE A SECOND CHANCE AND DID NOT GO

WITH OUR FIRST IMPRESSION. SOME PEOPLE ARE CONS AND CAN MAKE YOU FEEL

COMFORTABLE RIGHT AWAY BUT IN THE END YOU ARE DECEIVED.......THE TRUE

PERSON IS FOUND OUT.

AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD AND NOT TO MEN, KNOWING

THAT FROM THE LORD YOU WILL RECEIVE THE REWARD OF INHERITANCE; FOR

YOU SERVE THE LORD CHRIST.

~COLOSSIANS 3: 23-24

THE HOSPICE NURSE CAME TO SEE AMY TODAY. SHE ASSESSED HER AND WENT

OVER HER MEDICINES. TOMORROW the AIDE WILL COME TO GIVE HER A

BATH. AMY HAS SLEPT ALL DAY UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 PM TONIGHT.

MY DAD CAME TO SEE HER TODAY. WE TRIED TO WAKE HER UP BUT SHE SLEPT

THE WHOLE TIME. SHE RECEIVED 3 CARDS TODAY AND SHE READ THEM TONIGHT.

EVERY CARD IS SO UNIQUE AND MEANS SO MUCH........CHAR FROM PHOENIX SENT

HER AN ADORABLE CARD......IT HAD STYLISH BLUE JEANS OUT OF BLUE JEAN

MATERIAL WITH A RUFFLE ON THE PANTS.....AMY IS VERY INTO UNIQUE

FASHION USUALLY THAT SHE DESIGNS HERSELF.

DORIS, THANK YOU FOR THE CARD YOU SENT RICHIE.....HE DIDN'T LET ME READ IT

BUT HE SAID, THAT IS VERY, VERY NICE. YOU TOUCHED HIM.

I WANT TO LET EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW THERE ARE THANK YOU CARDS COMING.

BUT EVEN WITH A THANK YOU CARD I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO THANK YOU ALL

FOR YOUR KINDNESS. IT JUST MAKES ME CRY.

TOMORROW IS THE COOK OUT FOR AMY WITH HER FRIENDS. THAT WAS ONE

OF HER GOALS. PRAY THAT SHE WILL BE AWAKE AND CAN ENJOY THE EVENING.

PRAYER REQUESTS.......ASHLEY, TAMMY, SHERRY'S FOOT, JEAN, PATRICIA, JAY,

RACHEL, DORIS AND RICHARD, BRANDON, TAWNA, PAM, SALLY, CONNIE,

LEILA, JENNIFER AND HER CAT, SAMMY MY DOG, MY MOTHER PEGGY, ROY

AND ELISABETH, KIPPIE, AJ AND IRENE, KATHERINE

FOR THE LORD COMFORTS HIS PEOPLE AND WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON HIS

AFFLICTED ONES.

~ISAIAH 49: 13

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR TIME

HERE AT THERE'S AN ANGEL ON MY PORCH.

IT MEANS SO VERY MUCH WHEN YOU STOP BY. YOU ARE SO SPECIAL.

ANGEL HUGS

debbie