Patient was having difficulty sleeping due to she had not had a BM in several days. She wanted the chaplain to sit with her and hold her hand. Chaplain sang to her several hymns and quoted some Scripture. Patient said she would like to know if she was ready spiritually and I told her you can know. She said she asks God to forgive her all the time. I shared with her that we have to trust and have faith. Satan is out to rob that away from us and she needs to thank God instead. She said I had no idea how much I had helped her. She asked me to keep her in my prayers, and I promised her that I would do that. She was a dear sweet lady that may need to go to the nursing home due to not being able to take care of herself. I am so glad that God sent me to her and this seemed to be part of His plan for me that evening.
Another patient was dying and the family was present when I arrived. They were Muslins I found out during the course of the visit. The wife asked me if I believed in miracles and I told her I sure do. I had prayer for the patient and sat with her for a while. The wife told me she prays to God or Jesus she didn't know which was which at times. I told her there was only one way way to heaven, and encouraged her that God would take him when it was his time. He was a doctor that had practiced for 50 years. The daughter arrived and wanted to know why he was not on a ventilator and wanted to talk with her dad alone. I left and returned later and she apologized that she did not mean to sound that way. No offense taken. She asked me to pray again for her father and we held hands. It was a privilege to pray for a muslin family the way I pray as a Christian. The wife seemed to have a belief in God pointed up toward heaven in talking about Him. We cannot judge the hearts of man - that is God's job to do - not mine.
I was called for a patient who was wanting the doctor to give her some medicine for her pain. The doctor and patient was in a great discussion that did not sound too promising for the patient. The patient had ran out into the hall screaming at the doctor and cursing earlier for some reason. He was none too happy with the patient and abrupt while I was there. I did not see the screaming, but the nurse told me later about that part. The patient got up and left walking right by me. I asked her if I could help an any way, and she just left the hospital, I guess. Whew! This was not a good things to happen in the hospital with other patients in hearing distance. There will be some negative things that happen.
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