Challenge Accepted
Hospital stays can be more frequent than I'd like, but I try, no matter how I feel, to make the most of them by engaging with everyone involved in my care—from the nurses to the food service, even the folks cleaning my room. It's important for me to show appreciation for these unsung heroes who work tirelessly to help all the patients.
When your door is open to the corridor of a hospital, you hear a lot of things. And the unappreciation from fellow patients worsens yearly and is quite disheartening. To offset some of this behavior, I make it my personal mission to bring a smile to everyone's face during my stay if I’m able to. Let me tell you, it's not always easy – especially with the food service crew! But if I can manage to elicit a laugh, that's even better!
Recently, I had a bit of fun with a Transport team member after a particularly stressful breathing test in another wing of the hospital. I joked with him to go faster in the corridors, hoping to get my hair to move as if I was a model in front of fan on a photo shoot – but alas, it turns out my hospital bed-induced helmet hair was immune to both of our efforts! Nonetheless, it was a good change of pace for an otherwise challenging day.