Update
When I was in junior high school, I read every single one of the Cherry Ames books. I loved them. I still remember Gwen Jones, Ann Evans, Vivian Warren, and Marius Lexington Upham; that's how deeply ingrained it all is. It turned out that nursing school wasn't in the cards for me but much later, hospital chaplaincy was, and that was just as rewarding as I'd imagined nursing would have been. The nurses -- and everyone else involved in Joe's care -- were nothing short of wonderful. They were patient, encouraging, and caring. They listened . They knew how to speak in layman's language. The surgery was on a Thursday and he broke loose came home the following Wednesday, to his immense relief. The ICU is where one goes to get better , not to sleep. So he's here and, actually, despite my not having attended the Spencer Hospital School of Nursing, we're doing okay. He's a good patient, mostly, trying to do what the professionals have told him to do. He's ...
