Hospital Nurse Series Story: (1) Alain's Joy and Sorrow

In those years of working in the hospital, in addition to colleagues and patients, the most exposed to them were nurses. At least half of the nurses in our hospital are from Shengzhou, Zhejiang and Xinyang, Henan, and most of these people are middle-aged and elderly women, with a general primary school culture, family changes or financial pressure. Even so, every year near the Spring Festival, there will still be a shortage of nurses in various hospitals, and aunts who have been away for a long time would rather give up three times the Overtime Pay for the Spring Festival and will rush to their hometowns for reunions.

Alain was recommended to the rehabilitation ward by his fellow villagers in Henan before the Spring Festival, and the old lady who had been nursing the old lady for two years had been looking for her, because she had to go home to prepare for her son's wedding during the Spring Festival, so she found Alain as a temporary substitute. When I first saw Alain, my fellow was doing the shift and instructing me to pay attention to. Alain looked to be in his 40s, tall and tall, with a ponytail, and a clean and neat person. Looking at the old lady who was paralyzed in bed, with a nasogastric tube and urinary tube inserted, and unable to speak, Alain was a little confused, and even shook his head and said that he could not do it. When the fellow saw that Alain, who had been hard to find, wanted to refuse, he blushed in a hurry and said a lot of good things, and Alain finally agreed to try it for a day with the help of his fellow.

I heard that Alain has been working as a nurse in the hospital for 6 years, basically fixed in the orthopedic department, orthopedic patients are sober-minded, can eat and drink Lasa by themselves, most of them just need to assist in washing. It was not easy to let an inexperienced person take care of a paralyzed and dementia old lady, so I deliberately taught Alain nursing skills by hand at the bedside, and under the dedicated guidance of my fellow villagers, Alain successfully completed the day's work. Seeing that Alain no longer refused, he quickly packed up his bags and returned to his hometown.

The next morning, Alain shouted again to go back to orthopedic work, it turned out that in the middle of the night the old lady pulled a butt of shit, it was difficult to scrub clean, the old lady began to make noise again, plus two hours a time to turn the old lady over, a night down Alain was sleepy and tired. The fellow countrymen have rushed back to their hometown, and they can't find the right person at once, so I can only force Alan to adapt for a few more days, after all, they need to run into each other when they first come here. Fortunately, the old lady lives in a single room, the son is doing business in the field, and he is very relieved that the old mother is hospitalized here, except for the occasional visit, basically by phone to ask the old lady about the situation, and the daily necessities are also her son's express delivery to the hospital. So the biggest advantage of taking care of the old lady is that there is no need to look at the face of the family or the patient, and the nursing fee of the old lady's son is 20% higher than that of his peers, Alain listened to my explanation, and agreed to continue to take care of the old lady after a moment of contemplation.

Considering Alain's uneasiness, I took the time to run to the ward to see if I needed assistance. After a few days, Alain has been able to figure out the old lady's life rules, skillfully help the old lady turn over, deal with defecation, the old lady is no longer noisy, idle Alain still holds the old man's hand to watch Yue opera together, the ward often hears Alain's cheerful laughter. After getting along, I found that Alain was kind and straightforward, and would not run out to chat in a pile, but he was still very stubborn in doing things carelessly. Give the elderly a bath without closing the window, but also emphasize the air circulation; never dry the toe slit after washing the feet of the elderly, until the old man has eczema before admitting negligence; the water stains on the floor of the ward will not be dried in time, and so on have happened many times, colleagues began to dislike Alain. Perhaps because of my age or out of trust in me, Alain nodded and corrected me when I patiently told her about the potential safety hazards.

As I got to know each other, Alain talked to me about her family. Alain married at the age of 19, the husband is rich in the local family, after the marriage of the second year has a beautiful daughter, the husband is very fond of the mother and daughter, took care of all the housework, after marriage Alain with children play mahjong every day, in the sisters is the most enviable.

When her daughter was 10 years old, in response to the rural two-child policy, Alain added twin sons. Seeing that the pressure on the family was getting bigger and bigger, Alan and his wife were overwhelmed, entrusted their children to their in-laws, and came to Shenzhen To work in the hometown company. Working overtime is a common thing, thinking of the three children in the family, Alain's husband rushed to do anything, until one day fainted in the workshop, after the hospital diagnosed Alain's husband with a serious heart disease, the only cure is to replace the heart. In desperation, the couple returned to their hometown, chose conservative treatment, and after returning home, Alain's husband did not rest at all, despite Alain's opposition and insisted on trying to make money in business, and finally died two years later. Alain completely lost his pillar, how can not face the loss of her husband's life, often washed his face with tears, with the money saved by his husband to raise 3 children. Until his son was 10 years old and his daughter was admitted to college, Alain found that the savings in his hands could no longer support the family's expenses, and finally considered repeatedly working as a nurse in the hospital under the leadership of his fellow villagers.

Now that Alain's son has entered high school, after years of experience, the two children have taken good care of themselves, and from time to time they call to tell Alain to take care of his health. After graduating from university, my daughter went to Japan to work after being recommended by the school and became the director of the company. The filial daughter promised to work with her mother to support her brother until college. Let Alan slightly regret that his son's grades are not good, and there is basically no hope of entering the undergraduate degree in a province like Henan. However, the two sensible sons have made plans to go to college, so that they can work early and reduce the burden on their mother.

In order to make more money, every Spring Festival, Alain chooses to stay in the hospital, sometimes taking care of several patients alone, and only returning to his hometown during the summer vacation to see his son and parents. There are also many people who persuade Alain to remarry while he is young, but they are all rejected, Alain said that in this life, she will never find a man who loves her and spoils her like her husband, and she only wants to help her children start a family.

Alain gently massaged the old lady's shoulders with both hands, perhaps the passage of time has diluted the pain in his heart, Alain seems to be telling the story of others, looking at my regretful expression, Alain Guan'er smiled and said: It has all passed, people always have to look forward! Is that right? teacher!

If it weren't for Alain's self-report, who would have thought that Alain, who had a bright smile every day, would have had such a bumpy experience! As Tolstoy said: Happy families are all similar, and unhappy families have their own misfortunes! There are only a few people who are full of bitter tears in the huge group of hospital nurses!