as u know i work at the va hospital well i have an interesting story the caracters are real and the story is true as far as i know
there is this volenteer who i will call big man he comes to see little man everyday i thought he was the brother of little man and i expressed one day my u have a great brother he comes to see u everyday no matter what
big man expressed that he was the brothers in the marines and that he owes this man... little man his life he said i will tell u a story
big man and little man somewhere in viet nam outside of some small villiage with rest of group all of a sudden came under heavy fire a lot killed alot wounded
big man wounded very badly would have died little man picked him up and said i got u buddy stay with me man through big man over shoulder and carried him six miles to where helicopter could pick them up little man went back for more very brave
little man is in the hospital he has alzheimers and ptss and dementia he said to big guys story I did that damn u must have been a heavy son of a bitch
big man said i dont know because i only remember u telling me to hang on buddy i aint leaving u hang on i vaguely remember chopper ride and then i woke up in the hospital
big man with a cracked voice said i have beautiful children and grandchildren a beautiful wife because of this man
i asked him how is he going to feel when little cant remember him he said he didnt care he was going to hang around until the end little man and big man lost touch after big man was wounded big man looked for little man when they got back to the world big man called all va hospitals and other places he finially found him little man was homeless and very sick big man got him to where he is now
wow i was very moved both have so much courage i hope that i could be that brave under the same circomstances human nature is so precious and sometimes so beautiful u can forgive those that are not so brave or nice because they are missing out
the other day my work took an outing the people i work with are veterans from different wars and some from peace time most have been broken alzhiemers ptss most cant remember on day from the next their minds are their worst enemy
she weeps
on this day i learned that with each fold of the flag there is a story as this little old man resited the meaning of the flag and each fold his sweet voice cracked and he brushed a tear from his eyes boy that did it i began to tear up for him especially when he began with mothers and fathers brothers and sisters who have lost a soldier in a war
she weeps
i had to bite my lip so i could keep from crying i excused myself and went to the bathroom to cry when i returned someone asked me if i was alright and i said yes its those damn allergies
she weeps
after the music began and i told my aids to go and dance with even the ones in wheelchairs everyone was having a good time and when we got ready to go back to the unit one of the men limped up to me and said in a voice that only people that knew him understood put his arm around my shoulder and said
thank you for dancing with me you made me feel like a man again
and she weeps
i had to hold back tears man i am a crybaby
i replied u are always a man to me dont forget that and when u cant remember i will remind u
i put on a bright smile while hurting inside for these guys
she weeps
when it was time to go home she did finally did weep all the way home it is a pleasure working with my american heros but somedays i get so sad for them i see these guys have flashbacks and scream to get their buddies brains off of them it must be awful to have to relive these horrible things
she weeps
have u thought that u were really clever when u wrote to others well i thought i was until i have read back what i have written but after i have sent them out
oh my god what a moron people must think i am i mean miss spelled words and letters that should never be in the words all together and on this site i seem to rate people over and over on the same day i know they think i am stalking them sorry its just that i am an older american with little knowledge of this beast we call the computer
i have become addicted to it but where the HELL is the spell check or the grammar check button i dont know so if i write to u and u dont understand what i am saying i want to apologize now and just laugh
i am so glad that my daughter know about this type of stuff i had to ask her what some of the things like what lmao and other stuff means
i feel really out of touch but i am learning and damn i am having FUN
there is this patient that i have that i love he makes my day as i walk in the door
as a nurse we have to do a lot of things that make the average puke
every time this individual sees anyone he always says NOW WHAT DO I DO
well the funniest thing is when i was changing him he said NOW WHAT DO I DO i said he could do what ever as soon as i was through wiping his behind when i finished i told him
okay i am through
he said NOW WHAT DO I DO NOW THAT U FINISHED WIPING MY ASS
at that moment i had to laugh out loud God i love this job a laugh a minute with this guy
NOW WHAT DO I DO
to the average person i am well average except that i have a problem wanting to control things not big things just personal things
like today i stopped to get gas i pulled into the gas station tire because it was after work
i proceded to get the nozel from the pump and i started to open the cap to the gas tank and damn it the cap fell out of my hand and rolled under the car
well u see i was not in control then and ocd kicks right in how i wanted to get that gas cap but no it was under the car were i coudnt reach and the evil thing was taunting me
i thought about moving the car but was thinking well the car might blow up u see it on tv all the time
i clinched my fist trying to stay in control and let me tell u it was hard
again the gas cap taunted me i didnt know that i was thinking aloud but yes i did it i spoke aloud and said fucker
i glanced around to see if anyone heard and yes the nice gentleman pumping gas next to me was looking with bewilderment at me
i grimenced and squnched up my face and said sorry
i pointed at myself and said tourets syndrom and looked away quickly
well i finished pumoing gas and finially got to move my car and triumphantly held up my gas cap and gave a primal yell got u
i got in my car and left happily i was in control again
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