Things I’ve heard in nursing:He’ll never walk again.
She’ll never go to school as she had planned.
He’ll develop dementia and be stuck in a nursing home.
She’ll have to be bedridden most of her life.
He’ll lose his family, all his friends and be unemployed.
What has gone before
What is in the text books
Expectations that nothing can be done
Finite outcomes with no hope of improvement
A boxed in life with beige walls of granite
A life that has had cement poured over any further activity
Individual will to live, to walk and to belong
Trust in one’s own abilities and strengths
Faith in family, friends and community
He walks with a limp, but he walks proudly.
She graduated with a Phd in her chosen field.
Dementia did arrive, with family and caregivers present to honour his life.
She arose from her bed, slowly and with care, for there were books to read, movies to see and discussions to have.
He did burn most bridges, but rebuilt them with time, trust and will to give back what he had been given.
“If you plan to build walls around me, know this - I will walk through them.”
~ Richelle E. Goodrich,
Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, &
a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year.
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