Do Over

Yesterday morning, I got up and got ready for a very small skin cancer surgery that was to be followed by a manicure and pedicure….instead it ended with my husband yelling for me to come downstairs….the yell that means….run.

Our daughter had fainted and the next hour was a little chaotic . Turns out she’s hypoglycemic and she made a full recovery but it was quite scary.

Finally made it into work and the day from there was somewhat uneventful. Then I received another phone call from the nursing home.

My mother was seated at the table and seemed calm enough. She wanted to see my Dad and wondered why he hadn’t come to visit her….I tried to change the subject and sometimes I was successful….she wanted to go back to her room and I hear a nurse yelling at another patient. My Mother is in a unit were the dementia patients are. This you g nurse is yelling at an older gentleman who is clearly confused. She was being very condescending in her tone….and I just couldn’t be silent. Even though this nurse was three times the size of me….I thought of my Dad….and that this was someone’s Dad….and I wasn’t going to stand for it. I tried a calm approach…and asked if she could speak more kindly to him and perhaps not yell…..

The response was more shocking than the behavior. The young nurse”nurse” and I use that term loosely…..told me she wasn’t shouting at him….he’s hard of hearing…..then she used this phrase “don’t be coming after me bro”. I just about lost my mind and I said bro? Bro? I am NOT your bro. My Mother this whole time was like….come back in here….which made me wonder if she to was scared of this lovely “nurse.”

I immediately went to the car to get my phone and call the directors which I did and they wanted to know the name of this “nurse”. I had never seen her before….so I asked her her name and she told me and then she said to me “ don’t come at me with attitude.” Seriously…..that’s what she said. I told her the director wanted her name….thats why I was asking and I then told the other nurses that I did not want this young lady anywhere near my mother.

In case you are not aware my Mother is at one of the nicest nursing homes I have ever seen. The nurses are very sweet to her….thats why this one stood out to me so much.

I am still Fuming about it this morning…..but I am thankful for a new day….

And this morning I went and picked my newest Dahlias…..a new start to a new day!

Stand up for the weak….don’t be scared to do what is right.