Sunday, March 30, 2008

Just a chocolate

Nurse: Do you need something?
A man with a dropper (MWD): No-no! My neighbour wants to see her. He points at me.
Nurse: Her?
MWD: Yes, something happened there?
me: Really? What happened?
MWD: You have to go there. He smiles.
me: Alright. I smile back. He is tall man. I perceive he was a big man before they told him he has a cancer. His big nose is red and full of purple vessels. It is from chemicals what the dropper slowly leads into his body. He simles. Always. I like him a lot.
MDW: Blatts maybe... He shrugs. His eyes are blinking and I see some light there. My heart goes cold and I start worry. I stop my work in a room of procedures and turn around to go in room 8. I step into my room to get some rubber gloves.
MDW: No-no. You don't need anything. He smiles.
Me: Really? I do smile back again when I take still pair of gloves into my pocket and holding other pair on my hand. I afraid his neighbour a bit. He is serios high and skinny man who never smiles. I afraid he even don't like me. I eneter into the rroom and stop in front of his bed.
me: Hi, how can I help? He just glares at me. Did I do something wrong? What could it be.. Dear heaven, stop glaring at me and say something! He doesn't. He opens just a drawer and takes from there a small plastic bag with something wrapped into a newspaper... What's now? He wants me unwrap his book? Alright. I can do that. He gives it to me.
Neighbour of MWD: For you. He sets his head back on his pillow. Huh?!
me: Thank you. Thank you very much! I watch at MWD. Dear man! Why did you scare me like taht? He smiles. I laugh.

Dear heaven! And I thought he hates me. He has never smiled at me. He has never told me any friendly word. But something I did made him feel he wants to thank me. I am happy. Oh, not because of chocklat what was in the bag. I am happy that something I did made him feel good. It is the heartfelt something why I love my job. I don't need gifts. It's enough when you got a smile or hug or wishper what asks me to come visit him/her after they are leaving from clinic. It is that great feeling you get from knowing someone felt better or happier because you had time for him/her.

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