Activating Your Spiritual Senses
The Waiting Room Miracle
Surrounded by others seeking relief from aches and pains, Patty sat in a wheelchair in the Emergency Department waiting room. We picked her up at a clinic, where she was evaluated for a possible head injury. She struck her head on a door and had blurred vision and a headache. We talked on the way to the hospital. She shared the following story: Patty had great plans as a young woman. She dreamed of working in…
The Nurse Feels His Presence
It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the ambulance. So busy that we’ve been held past the end of our shift an hour or two almost every day. Our first encounter came on a transport of a patient going from a nursing home to a hospital for an abdominal CT scan. This was the second day in a row we transported him for the same procedure. The previous day, we brought him to radiology…
The Guitar Player
Tom (not his real name) was a guitar player. Whether or not he’ll play again remains to be seen. I found him in the emergency room screaming in pain. My new friend is a guitar picker by night and works a manufacturing job by day. He was helping to move a large sheet of Plexiglas several inches thick, weighing close to 500 pounds, when it crashed to the ground on top of his fingers. The…