Thank you, Rick, for sharing your experiences with medical care, hospitals, your mother’s last treatment and your subsequent response to friends’ and family members’ medical treatments and hospitalizations. I have experienced similar experiences – and sometimes guilt – with parents before they passed. It has affected how I deal with my friends’ medical episodes since then. I have often observed understaffed, overwhelmed medical and paramedical personnel doing the best they can. You’re right: we need to be present to help them do the best they can for our loved ones.
Thank you, Rick, for sharing your experiences with medical care, hospitals, your mother’s last treatment and your subsequent response to friends’ and family members’ medical treatments and hospitalizations. I have experienced similar experiences – and sometimes guilt – with parents before they passed. It has affected how I deal with my friends’ medical episodes since then. I have often observed understaffed, overwhelmed medical and paramedical personnel doing the best they can. You’re right: we need to be present to help them do the best they can for our loved ones.