My time at the hospial

I know this is a little late, but it does not really matter since this blog has now pretty much just become for me. I am just going to write down some things that happen in my journey in nursing school as they occur. There are a lot of things that have been hard for me to deal with starting to go into the hospital and actually be with patients, but I am slowly learing how to do it. I have had some awesome experiences though!

On Monday (2/18/13) I had the opportunity to have a patient in the hospital that changed my life. He had a life threatening operation when he was 18 and the doctors gave him a 50/50 chance of survival. He has made it 7 years since that operation. He told me the doctor said something he will never forget and I will never forget either, "from now on live life like you're in Vegas, because everything is a gamble." We should not live like we have the whole world at our hands, no one but God knows when the end is coming. This man who was only 5 years older than me has so much wisdom and I was lucky enough to have him share it with me. He reminded me of this gift of life that I have and to cherish it because I never know what will happen next to me or the people I love. There are not enough words to describe how thankful I am for meeting him and how much our time together meant to me.