This post has nothing to do with the current doctors in our life at the moment, but is more about the nurses we encountered last week while Jordan was in the hospital.
First off, I have to give a SHOUT OUT to Andrea, Jess, and Lauren! They did an excellent job!! Anyone who has stayed in a hospital for longer than an hour, knows that nurses either make the stay less miserable or add to the misery of being there.
Andrea was our nurse the first night there. Every time Jordan threw up his bucket full of blood she was right there. Every time one of his machines even started to beep, she was there before it could even get a full beep out (which is key because machines beeping is really not conducive to rest/sleep.) She was awesome!
Jess took over for Andrea the following day. Bringing along his student nurse, Lauren. Jess is the first man-nurse we've ever had and he did an great job. The PhD comes into play with Jess. At some point during one of Jordan's vital checks, Matt (who had been on a work conference call in the room, talking his techie mumble jumble earlier that morning) made a comment that I don't recall exactly what it was, but a few minutes later Jess turns to Matt and says, "Oh, I forgot to ask you what part of the medical field are you in and where do you practice." This of course made us laugh, because this is not the first time Matt has been mistaken as a member of the medical field. Matt's PhD stands for Phony-Hypocrite-Deceiver instead of Doctor of Philosophy! LOL! Matt explained that he has nothing to do with the medical field, but is in fact just a computer geek in the technology world. This didn't seem to faze Jess who continued to pop in, aside from the usual vital checks, to chat about everything from Disneyland to Career advice (Jess wanted Matt's opinion because there's a path he could take that would delve deeper into the technology side of nursing.) Even at the end of the day with his coat and bag on, Jess still stopped in to wish Jordan luck and say good-bye to our family. That shows that nursing is more than just a job, Jess was awesome!
Lauren, Jess' student nurse really grew on us. We couldn't help but give her a hard time after my dad had asked her a question, she threw her arms in the air and said, "Don't ask me, I'm just a student nurse that doesn't know anything yet!" It was young, cute, and naive of her. But Lauren really showed she was on her way to becoming an awesome nurse. Especially on our third day she was back, this time following another nurse and she really shined as she helped clean Jordan up from all the blood and drainage from his nose before we headed home.
I am so thankful to those nurses that went the extra mile in making our stay a little more tolerable and for giving us the laugh of Matt's PhD!
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