They Believe

I made it through my first week on the floor! And I feel even more blessed to be where I'm at. I'm enjoying the people I work with. I have a great coach. And despite the long hours and craziness, I'm loving it. And I get that it's all shiny and new right now. And there may be days that I don't love it. But right now, it's pretty great. When I think about everything that happened to get me here, how it came together just right, I know it's where I'm suppose to be...and it doesn't get much better than that! 

One question that I've been asked a lot is, "How can you work with sick kids? It must be so sad." Or something to that effect. I personally don't know how people do adult nursing. I went through my whole first year of nursing school wondering what I'd gotten myself into. I held onto the fact that my peds rotation would eventually come. And sure, there are some incredibly sad pediatric cases. And it'll be horrible to lose a patient. But for the most part, it's kind of magical. I get to work in a hospital where we blow bubbles and decorate the halls with patients' artwork. And Kids are hopeful. Kids want to get better. The simplest things can make their days brighter. 

"These are the tiny humans. These are children. They believe in magic. They play pretend. There is fairy dust in their IV bags. They hope, and they cross their fingers, and they make wishes, and that makes them more resilient than adults. They recover faster, survive worse. They believe."

And that is why peds is my favorite!