As I sit here at my computer this morning with a catheter in me and bag fastened to my leg I look back at the surgery I had ten days ago. I went through sixty three years never having surgery and now I just had my second one in less than three years.
Anyone that has surgery is scared, worried, and wonder what the outcome will be. The soreness is slowly going away and I am sleeping and walking better. I still can't take my dog for a walk or get down on the floor and play with her. I know she wonders why. Cookie looks at me with that cute little face and I keep telling her, "Pretty soon, Cookie."
Yes, recovering from surgery is just a minor inconvenience. There are so many people much worse off than I am. I thought back this morning to when my mother was in a nursing home during the last days of her life. The woman in the bed next to her had been in that nursing home in that same bed for twelve years. That is something that I can't imagine.
People live without their sight. I remember a man that had a store in Canadensis, PA many years ago. He was totally blind. It didn't keep him from living a decent life. People live in wheel chairs for much or all of their life. I know it has to be tough, but they can do some amazing things. People without an arm or a leg. I saw a story a few years ago of a woman that had no arms. She did everything with her feet. It was amazing seeing her change a diaper, use a typewriter, cook, clean. What an amazing woman she is.
There are so many people with cancer and other diseases that makes life difficult. I feel blessed with the life I have. I have been married over 44 years, have 2 great children, 5 grand kids that I am proud of, and now 1 great granddaughter.
My surgery is just a minor inconvenience. Soon I will be walking in the forest with my wife and Cookie again. I will be down on the floor playing with Cookie and her toys. She loves so much to play. I will be sitting at the computer working on another novel. Every day of life is an adventure, sometimes good, sometimes not so good, but always another chapter in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
TEACHERS AND NURSES
There are two professions that I respect more than any other. They are teachers and nurses. Teachers have so much influence on a child. I will be out of high school fifty years in 2016. I still to this day think back to some of my teachers. It is a profession that people love to do. They have so much of an influence on the future of children. I have often heard a teacher say, "They are my children."
Many teachers spend a lot of their own money for things they need in the classroom to give their students a better education. I was an average student in school, more because I didn't apply myself as much as I could have. Every once in awhile I will be writing a story or a novel and just stop and think, what would this teacher or that one have done. Many times I will get a smile and say to myself, "You are so right. I think that is the best way to go."
Does it seem strange that a man who will soon be out of school fifty years still think of his teachers? I don't think it is strange at all, because my teachers had a great influence on my life. I thank everyone of them for the guidance they gave me through the years.
The other profession that I have a great deal of respect for is nurses. I recently went through my second surgery in the last three years. Nurses have a way of dealing with patients just like teachers have with students.
When I had surgery last week my nurses always came into my room with a smile and would go out of their way to make me feel comfortable. They could see that I was a little scared and would tell me that everything looked good. They would be there constantly checking my vital signs. It made me feel special when they would talk with me a few minutes about something totally different than the hospital.
Nurses spend a lot more time with patients than the doctors do. They are the ones that can take the fear out of an operation.
Anyone that goes into teaching or nursing is doing so much to help people. I have so much respect for both professions and have been blessed with the time they have spent in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Many teachers spend a lot of their own money for things they need in the classroom to give their students a better education. I was an average student in school, more because I didn't apply myself as much as I could have. Every once in awhile I will be writing a story or a novel and just stop and think, what would this teacher or that one have done. Many times I will get a smile and say to myself, "You are so right. I think that is the best way to go."
Does it seem strange that a man who will soon be out of school fifty years still think of his teachers? I don't think it is strange at all, because my teachers had a great influence on my life. I thank everyone of them for the guidance they gave me through the years.
The other profession that I have a great deal of respect for is nurses. I recently went through my second surgery in the last three years. Nurses have a way of dealing with patients just like teachers have with students.
When I had surgery last week my nurses always came into my room with a smile and would go out of their way to make me feel comfortable. They could see that I was a little scared and would tell me that everything looked good. They would be there constantly checking my vital signs. It made me feel special when they would talk with me a few minutes about something totally different than the hospital.
Nurses spend a lot more time with patients than the doctors do. They are the ones that can take the fear out of an operation.
Anyone that goes into teaching or nursing is doing so much to help people. I have so much respect for both professions and have been blessed with the time they have spent in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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