Angel in Scrubs
He was already there…read to see His faithfulness to His promises.
If you know me you know I FREAK OUT! If Chris Harris forgets an item at the grocery store I have frantically called you to ask where the said item is in the grocery store because I am freaking out. If my Amazon package has to be returned you have received my frantic text asking where a Amazon Hub is and how do I return it because I am freaking out. That is what I do, I FREAK OUT! With being Covid+ I couldn’t have anyone waiting with me. Besides I was JUST going to the walk in clinic to get checked out for my symptoms and go home. Chris Harris was home with the kids and I’d be home later. Little did I know I’d meet Nurse Amy, an angel in scrubs, who would be a reminder that His hand was in this. After a 8 hour wait in the packed ED waiting area Nurse Amy was my triage nurse. She took my vitals and I explained how I landed in the ED tonight. I apologized for the packed waiting room and thanked her for her service to the community and assured her I did all the things to prevent me from being a Covid+ patient. She took all my vitals and said it just did NOT make sense for me to be this sick. I am a completely healthy 39 year old 7 days ago and tonight I can’t walk across the room without chest pain, loss of oxygen, and shortness of breath. We talk about my work life and she talks about hers and we thank each other for the services we provide. So kind. So compassionate. She tells me to be sure to tell my doctor I need an inhaler, steroid, and you want an infusion. Thanks for the heads up. I am finished triage and wheeled back out to my waiting area spot in the ED and figure that will be my last interaction with her.
At 2:21 am I am moved from my waiting area spot in the ED to my room. I meet sweet Nurse Gracie as she gets my IV going and medicine and tells me the doctor will be in soon. Oh we are making progress. I notice at the door Nurse Amy approaches and asks if she can be in here. Sure come on in. She sits on a rolling chair and comes close to my bedside. Dr. Yu appears at my door and proceeds to approach my bedside and says words I did not anticipate to hear “your CT scan confirmed what we saw on the chest x-ray. You have a 13 cm mass on your chest. We are going to run more tests to determine what that is.” And somewhere in there she said words like thymoma/lymphoma. I should FREAK OUT! I didn’t. I had an unexplainable peace about the information she just shared with me. I was calm. I did not FREAK OUT! Nurse Amy sat close beside me and watched my reaction… waiting. She finally broke the silence and asked if there was someone I should call. OOOhhh! I looked at her and asked, “Did she say lymphoma and what? They are cancers right?” “Yes.” “I should call my husband shouldn’t I.” “You should. I can sit here as long as you need me to.”
Calm in the storm. Peace is a person. He gave me perfect peace to make the most difficult phone call of my life. Nurse Amy sat beside me. And I will continue to trust and live in the peace of His presence in this storm.
Angel in Scrubs. Nurse Amy thank you for being the promise He made in Det. 31 verse 8 and being there.
