Advice Worth Sharing

I know I have been absent for a little bit....but I am now a working woman again. Working with the public again helps me to see how much chatting with strangers can be fun and you get the best stories. You also have to take the good with the bad, so I'm sure I'll have more horror stories than good ones, but thankfully this one is good.

I am working in the same department I was working in before we moved for a little bit, but a very different job. I am now considered clinical and I am working with the patients hands-on. This gives them plenty of more time to chit chat when they are nervous. I've found that sweet, little ladies are the chatters, and they ALL chat because they are nervous.

A few days ago an 87 year old came in for an Adenosine Stress Test and that allows for a good 30 minutes of set-up, test, and take down chatting time. She was very nervous and thankfully the Cardiologist that day was nice and chatted with her. He knew that keeping her talking would distract her on how yucky she was probably feeling. She talked about her 90 year old husband and how he was WW II vet. She also talked of her children and grandchildren and it was amazing how "with it" she was. She said her and her husband had recently celebrated there 70th wedding anniversary. SEVENTY YEARS!! While talking about her husband she had a sweet grin on her face the whole time. She told us how proud she was of him that he could still drive, go to the store, and take care of them. Couples like this give me hope for the future. In a world filled with divorce, separation, and families without marriage, it is reassuring to see that people can still make it work.

We asked her what the secret was. How did she stay married and happy for so long? She smiled really big and gave a little giggle. She then told us that we need to "Always stay in control and keep control in the marriage, but always let him THINK he is in control."

How true...how true...