Soon To Be Gone - From A Military Trauma Doctor

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To  Captan Ellison and Ms Potter
   
  how right you are in all these not only observations but realization of elderly fighting men and women.......i can remember my mother  and father (retired navy, WWII, SouthPacific Cruise, Pearl Harbour) how they would always chat about his ship and 'joke about the ports".  My father never missed a reunion form his ship for 10 years.(this is after we found it) When my mother passed I not only seen the disappoinent, but felt the dissappointment of my father feeling that he would never get to go to another reunion....he could not drive long distances anymore....I was determined that I would not let him miss them, at leasdt not the one back to his basic in Rock Port Illinois...ah the Great Lakes
  long story short....
  i accompanied my father as his 'date" to his navy reunions for 5 years...and ya know I think those men look as forward to seeing me as I did them year after year. Grandchildren who came rolled thier eyes....always found something to do....kept thier distance, and there I was, right in the middle of these HEROS who had been shot , lost thier legs, arms and eyes and hearing....but they were right there, with each other again, just as they where in the war. Right in the middle of thier adventurous stories,comical relief of thier 'port' stories with open ears, listening....my my they even streched the truth back then....LOL
   
  Thier buddies were now gone but they were not forgotten as the names of these men were read every year at the banquet. As the bell sounded to each of thier fallen, I would look around the room through my tears, I would catch a glimpse of thier tears of thier losses and thier smiles of rememberance.
   
  unfortunately my father passed this past June, he has became a name on the paper that they will speak at the reunion as the bell tolls...............i wil go one last time, representing my father, seeing who has made it another year, and give my last hug and kiss to those who are still there and listening for his name to be read. I will miss the stories......
   
  I have place in my sitting room the picture of his ship, his war coordinate map, his international dateline crossing certificate, and i display it with pride.
   
  I can understand Cpt. the heart felt feeling that you have. I have been and emergency room nurse for 22 years and feel the same about the long hours, no sleep, no eats, no family contact and the feeling of dispear that one has for the wait times for the ones who really need to be seen over the ones who use the ED as a doctor office...junt last nigth we had a patient complain out in my waiting area because they had been there for 52 minutes, with a small laceractionto her finger, and i overheard the gentleman who wahs huffing on his home oxygen tank trying to breath state....."wonder what she would do if it was a real emergency"!!!  GIVE THAT MAN A JOB!!!!!!
   
  well i must get ready for another night of cold food, no bathroom break and wondering when it will be over........oh yeah my fav saying is ...bring it on, i chose this profession and would not trade it for anything
   
  blessings to you all
  ann smith, rn, bs
   


DO NOT RESUSITATE!!
       
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