The Angel (Disguised as a Nurse) Who Helped Us Say Goodbye to Courtney
"The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest..." ~ William Oster I've been wanting to write this blog for months now. But it meant revisiting the worst day of my life. And I didn't know if I had the strength. But, it's National Nurses Day today and I cannot think of a better day to honor the angel (disguised as a nurse) who stood in grace and compassion with us the day we said "goodbye" to Courtney. I obviously reflect on that day so often. I was talking to Josh on Courtney's birthday last week and he said, "I remember every single detail of that day" and I told him that I did, too. Every. Single. One. So I remember, after getting a call from the overnight nurse that Courtney had been unresponsive most of the night, walking into the ICU and meeting Taylor outside Courtney's room. Taylor was assigned to Courtney for that day. I know a lot of nurses at