Posted on 10/18/2007 3:50:02 AM PDT by 60Gunner
ER Nursing Stories Ping!
I want happy stories, damn it.
Yeah. In Britain, 60Gunner could just have said “Sorry Lady, we’re full”.
(disclaimer: I am British)
Love your stories, but Damn!! That one hurts.
Uh huh, and how many of those were ILLEGAL aliens wanting to have their anchor babies.
I'm just sayin.
Wow, that's truly tragic. My wife is a RN in the OBGYN department at our only local hospital. She often tells me similar stories, but most of the time they have happier endings. I'm sure she would agree with your assessment of taking care of pregnant women being like working with demolitions. Recently she came home late and nerved out. She had a women in labor who was at 6CM and within 15 minutes the patient was fully dilated with the baby literally coming out. The doctor wasn't even in the hospital at the time and she had to deliver it herself. She had read about and heard stories of women in labor doing such things, but she hadn't witnessed such a thing while working.
b). Hopefully both the baby and parent survive without disability. Even if improbable, there is still hope that the two of them will make it through.
Thank you for the story and I pray mother and baby make it. Having gone through a troubled pregnancy, I can say from my end, thank you for what you do. It’s a gift that lasts for every lifetime in the family.
Very sad.
This brings to mind the stories of child birth in the sixteenth century. Back then women were at more risk from child birth than men were from being killed in combat during wars. The best example is Phillip II of Spain, the Spanish king who directed the Armada against England. Although a reasonably humane man in his dealings with his wives, he lost nearly all of them due to child birth and related complications. The horrible white, male, racist, sexist, homophobic, greedy doctors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries changed nearly all of that, making child birth an ordinarily safe experience. However, terrible things still happen, as shown by this story.
Awful story. So sad to see it turn out that way :(
How sad. How very sad.
The Golden Motorcycle and the Kiss of Light
A little later, we were all in a prayer meeting. I had a couple of visions, sat back and I told the Lord, “You know, Lord, you owe me a chariot ride.” (I was thinking back to the episode at the dinner table earlier.)
All of a sudden, I had a shock because right in front of me was a golden motorcycle. On the side of the gas tank was a picture of an eagle. The motorcycle was vibrating as if the engine was running. The Lord Jesus laughed, and said, “Hop on.” Now if you know me at all, you will know that I am definitely NOT a motorcycle person, but I leaped on the bike. The next moment, this golden motorcycle took off and did some loops, then I became aware that I was holding onto Jesus, as I had my arms around Him.
Then we began to skim across different islands—Jamaica, Solomon Islands, West Indies, Malta, Azores, Fiji, Hawaiian Islands, Caribbean Islands, Greek Islands, etc., and all kinds of islands. Jesus was happy and He was laughing. He said, “I am going to kiss the islands.” This kiss was light, affectionate and joyful. We touched down in Fiji, and then I landed on my back somehow in Australia. I was then lying on the floor, laughing.
The “lightness” of God is powerful—it disarms the enemy. The Holy Spirit’s joy is a victory laugh. God looks at His enemies and laughs at them and has them in derision. One of the greatest spiritual warfare weapons we have is the spirit of laughter, that’s why religious spirits get mad when they hear it.
The kiss was also a sign of recognition in the early Church. In Romans 16:16, “Greet one another with a Holy kiss” was a sign of God’s love and also of recognition of a brother or a sister in the Lord. Jesus commissioned the disciples and washed their feet, it was also a recognition of one who was sent. “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you,” Jesus said in John 20:21.
In the dictionary, kiss is defined as: the token of greeting, love, affection and reverence, also associated with gentleness.
So people of the Islands—He is going to kiss you, He is going to touch you. This touch is joy and deliverance from heavy burdens. It is affection and revelation of the goodness of God. It is light and it is full of grace and favor. It is honey and oil and perfume.
“What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail”
If you are serious and not kidding, this is simply an admonition to avoid the pagan practice of eating blood. “The life is in the blood” (Lev. 17:10)
Pagans belived eating blood would enhance their lives. But the second reason is the blood is given in payment for sin. That’s why it wasn’t to be eaten instead.
Crikey, you write well! I was on the edge of my seat reading all that, glued. I could picture it precisely as you described the scene — some of the technical bits I had to imagine — but whoa! That was riveting prose.
Well written! Goodonya!
Ahem... picture the 3 little old ladies, belly up to the bar, lifting the bun and saying....
WHERE’S THE BOOK??!!!
Come on, 60gunner, you just gotta get all these stories into one package and sell it here on FR....
And let us know if baby and/or mamma make it... sad story.
<>< Must read
How’s that book coming? You’re going to make a lot of money when you finish it—you’re a splendid writer.
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