THE END OF AN ERA
HI JOURNAL,
IT HAPPENED TODAY,
THIS VERY MORNING INFACT.
MY MATE CALLED BY TO TAKE TEA WITH ME.
THE SCENE,
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL ,SUNNY NOT TOO HOT, DAY.
WE WERE CHIN WAGGING OUT IN THE GARDEN.
THE PHONE RANG, AS I WAS IN 'END OF DOSE FAILURE',
AWAITING MY TEN O' CLOCK 'FIX' TO KICK IN,
I WAS SLOW IN REACHING THE PHONE.
DAMN BLAST , BLOODY HELL.
IF IT'S IMPORTANT, THEY WILL RING BACK SAID I.
IF IT IS IMPORTANT, THEY WILL LEAVE A MESSAGE,
MY MATE CHIPPED IN.
I HEEDED HIS PROMPT.
THERE WAS A MESSAGE LEFT,
BY MY NURSE.
MY PARKINSON'S NURSE VERY SPECIAL SPECIALIST.
THE MOST FORMIDABLE,
THE MOST EXPERIENCED,
PARKINSON'S NURSE IN THE COUNTRY,
THE MUCH LOVED, MUCH PRAISED, MUCH ADMIRED,
HIGHLY QUALIFIED, HIGHLY DECORATED BY THE QUEEN NO LESS,
NURSE JANET, OF 'SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED FAME',
WAS ABOUT TO DELIVER A BOMB SHELL INTO MY LAP.
IT WAS NOT AN UNEXPECTED CALL AS,
I HAD EMAILED HER THE DAY BEFORE.
I CALLED HER BACK,
SHE ASKED HOW I WAS AND CLEARED UP MY QUERY FROM,
THE EMAIL I HAD SENT.
THEN IT HAPPENED, THE BOMB SHELL.
IT FLOORED ME COMPLETELY.
I AM STILL STUNNED TONIGHT, AS I WRITE THIS JOURNAL.
AS ONLY THIS GREAT LADY CAN, SHE LET ME DOWN EASY.
POLITELY INFORMING ME, THAT THAT WHICH I HAD FEARED AND,
KNEW AND DREADED, WOULD ONE DAY HAPPEN,
HAD INDEED COME TO PASS.
BEHOLD !
HEAR THIS, I AM TO BE PUT IN THE CARE,
OF OUR MOST ONLY VERY RECENTLY HIRED,
PARKINSON'S NURSE SPECIALIST,
THE VERY ABLE AND CAPABLE NURSE SANDRA.
NURSE JANET IS MOVING TO TAKE UP,
ANOTHER POSITION, THANKFULLY WITHIN OUR SUPPORT GROUP.
SO AS I SAID THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE SPEAKING TO NURSE SANDRA,
IT IS THE END OF AN ERA AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ONE.
IF NOT FOR NURSE JANET,
I WOULDN'T BE HERE NOW TO TELL YOU THIS.
IT IS NOT FOR NOTHING, THAT JANET WAS NURSE OF THE YEAR.
NURSE JANET HAS SEEN ME AT MY WORST,
BRINGING ME OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF DISPARE,
WHEN I WAS SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE.
MOTIVATING, ENCOURAGING AND PRODDING ME.
AT TIMES GIVING ME A GOOD TALKING TO,
TOGETHER WITH A WARRANTED KICK UP THE BACKSIDE.
NURSE JANET IT WAS, WHO WAS WITH ME,
WHEN I WAS A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WRECK.
GUIDING ME TO WHERE I AM AT NOW.
WITH OUT A DOUBT,
PARKINSON'S NURSE JANET, VERY SPECIAL SPECIALIST, SAVED MY LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO END THIS, I'M STILL A BIT STUNNED.
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Replies
Stewart,
I loved this journal!
Not because you are losing nurse Janet, obviously, but the way in which you speak so highly of her. It is beautiful, you should email it to her, if I loved reading it so much and I have never met her (although you have mentioned her often) imagine how you must feel to have something written about yourself, to be held in such high esteem, to feel recognised, acknowledged and appreciated in her work to that level, you pay her a great honour.
I have my fingers crossed that things work out just as well with Sandra, although she has some big shoes to fill!
Julie
SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE LOSING JANET. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FOWARD AND MOST LIKELY BE ABLE TO TOUCH MORE LIVES THE WAY SHE TOUCHED YOURS. I HOPE JANET\'S REPLACEMENT HAS THE SAME POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOU AS JANET DID.
Steuart Do tell were you holding back. She sounds wonderful and I know she willl be missed. There should be more health professionals worthy of this kind of praise. Best regards Alex