For me its a bit emotional at visiting times. I find myself looking in on their life stories; seeing the love between married couples, the love of a child for a parent, concern for aunts uncles and siblings. You really do get to see the best and the worst of humanity in this job.
There is one couple in particular. Her husband comes every day, in the afternoon and then again after dinner. She saves her mouse from her lunch for when he comes in so he can help her. He washes/brushes her hair and you can see she adores him.
What really got to me was the story she told me yesterday whilst I was helping her wash. She is 79yrs old and is in hospital because of dehydration, UTI and Parkinson's. She is a lovely women but is very anxious.
At 21yrs old she got married, had a few blissful months but then suffered a stroke which left her weak down the right side. Her husband cared for his new bride, he was involved in her recovery helping her to walk again, to speak and to get back to the way she was before. She then went on to get Endocarditis at the age of 35 which led to an aortic and mitral valve replacement. She was in intensive care for 3 weeks and after that had an equally as long stay in hospital. Again, he was by her side every step of the way.
She is the type of lady that becomes unwell quite frequently. I guess some people are more susceptible than others. This particular couple just fills me with hope and faith in relationships.
Lately I've had a pretty bad time in a relationship and I have to let it go. I hope that I can find a man like this one day.
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