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1st Amendment ~ Please note that this is a personal journalist effort by a heart transplant patient. Any reference to volunteering, other patients, medical practioners, family members, physical places or locations will be based on composites of of real and fictional people and may be antedotal in nature.
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Hope
“Hope is the nurse of misery.” ~ American Proverb
Nurses Week
“I want to thank each and every amazing nurse ……. you touch our souls when you touch our lives!” ~ DAP Happy National Nurses Week!
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Tagged National Nurses Day, Nurse, Nurses Week
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Happy Transplant Nurses Day
” Nurse: just another word to describe a person strong enough to tolerate anything and soft enough to understand anyone.“ I’ve had so MANY wonderful nurses that have touched my life in loving and positive ways. May God bless all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Coordinator, Nurse, Nurses, Nursing, Transplant
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Happy Transplant Nurses Day
“Nurses are the HEARTBEAT of health care.” Today is Transplant Nurses Day!! If you are an organ transplant recipient, or are on the waiting list, send your transplant nurses and coordinators some much deserved LOVE!!
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Tagged Heart Transplant, Nurse, Organ Transplants, Transplant Nurses Day
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You’re a Nurse
“Save one life, you’re a hero. Save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.” ~ Anonymous (Thanks to the nurses that saved me 100+ times)
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Tagged Daily Insight, Hero, Nurse
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In My Life …. A Sixth Anniversary
Today, May 11th, 2013 …. I celebrate the sixth anniversary of my extended life, by way of a heart transplant. This anniversary is always an emotional day for me. It is a day of reflection, of love, of what could … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Donor, Faith, Family, Friends, Giving Thanks, God, God's Plan, Heart Transplant, Humbled, Inspiring, Life, Love, Nurse
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Moments in Time – Best Day Ever
Going Home! Five years ago today …… Friday, May 25th 2007, was in my family’s opinion, to be the BEST DAY EVER. After thousands and thousands of prayers and exactly 28 days after I was carried out of the house by … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed, Donor, Faith, Family, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart Transplant, Moments in Time, Nurse
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Moments in Time ~ Hearing the “T” Word
Five years ago today, they had removed the breathing tube and I was conscious more and more. At one point, one of lovely nurses, one of my angel’s of mercy in the ICU first whispered this to me ….. “You are my … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Heart Transplant, Miracles, Moments in Time, Nurse
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Moments in Time
Five years ago …… today through the next 5 days ……… I know I had another heart attack while in the hospital, triple by-pass surgery. Then things got progressively worse ….. over the next 5 day period I would go through … Continue reading
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Tagged Code Blue, Defibrillator, Heart Attack, Miracles, Moments in Time, Nurse
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Our Transplant Nurses
In two days, on Wednesday 4/18/2012, it will be International Transplant Nurses Day. I’ve been thinking about how to recognize my favorites, which are also my transplant coordinators. Since I’ll be at the hospital volunteering that day I will take … Continue reading
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Tagged Giving Thanks, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart Transplant, ITNS, Nurse, Organ Transplants
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