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ismnotwasm

(42,674 posts)
4. Disgusting piece of shit
Thu Oct 11, 2012, 01:25 PM
Oct 2012

I am a nurse. I work in a field where some of the life saving medications my patients take are also teratogenic. One patient, young, pregnant decided--after much thought and counseling--to terminate her pregnancy. Culturally and religiously, this was a horrible decision for her to make, but she understood the fetus was probably already damaged and she could not stop taking get medication--if she did it would threaten her own life.

Although this is not my field, I had the transporter wait outside while I held her hand until she was ready. She was not comfortable telling her family, thank God her partner was there and supportive. I held her as I would one of my own daughters as she cried--i cried with her-and got on the gurney. I let her take as long as she needed. I was there for her when she got back.

She is doing very well now, lovely and happy.


What if she had to hear that bullshit from a piece of shit like that? It makes me so furious.

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