Here's a doodle from Elizabeth Gilbert's instagram(my new favorite author who wrote the book I'm currently reading).It just happened that yesterday while scrolling over facebook Ive read one article about the alarming case of cancer here in Eastern Kentucky.Perhaps,its a way of reminding me to open my journal and write this story down.
Last Tuesday, just an ordinary busy night in the lab..one of the lab assistants asked me to help her with a hard-stick patient.At first I was hesitant because to be honest, I'm really not good at it but
I can always try.I ambled quickly to 4th floor hoping I get to the lab before the morning buckets of sample.Stumbled upon my sleepy eyes is an old soft-spoken lady covered with hematomas.But what leaves a hole in my heart is her burnt neck which is still bleeding from her recent chemotheraphy.I gently touch her frail arms and looked for a good vein to fill five tubes for her tests but I failed.On the verge of giving up ,I felt a tiny vein on her hand.After fulfilling my mission,I hold her hand and told her"I will pray for you,ma'am."She tapped my arm and said the most heart-warming
" thank you " I've heard in two years working here. Little did she knew, how she touched my heart or more so my life.
There are times that it is so easy to feel trapped in a routine of going to work just to pay the bills.There are nights that I pushed myself to work.Being a first time mom who juggled work and mom duties adds to the exhaustion even more.Nevertheless,I might got lucky walking back to the lab with a sample but it feels like God's gentle tap in the shoulder that there is more to this job.
This makes me remember my favorite professor back in college Sir Ferrer.He has a funny and clever way of teaching.In one of his Chemistry Classes,it flashed back the way he said
" It's not all up here--(pointing on his head).. DAGDAGAN MO! (tapping his fist on his heart).
And if you have read this,can you do me a favor?
To please include this patient in your prayers tonight.
Thank you!
