R's rue

My patient died peacefully just a half hour before I finished my shift . I said goodbye to his partner just as I was leaving the building and hugged him before getting into my car for home You can't employ social distancing in a hospice...you just can't I got home, collected the dogs from Trendy Carol , and set up the iPad just in time to meet up with the family on Zoom. We had arranged to catch up with drinks My nephew Chris, his partner Rebecca and daughter Evie, my sister Janet and hubby Ned, my sister in Law Jayne, sister Ann and brother in law Tim and great niece Ellie down in London had a bunfight  of a meet. Lots of shouting, lots of " We can't hear you!!!!" And lots of looking around flats and houses and artwork with lots of " ohhhhhss and arrrhhhhs!"  It was a touch of base that was oh so needed, a grounding meet , a funny catch up. Nothing sparkling, everything normal And I am so lucky to have a dear family After today's shift , and a revie...

I'm going into work later. Sickness has visited our part of North Wales like it has done everywhere, I'm only surprised that they didn't need me in earlier. I'm happy to do it, I really am. Working for a charity in these uncertain times is worrying. The lockdown simply means that money is not coming into the hospice's accounts And that public money pays for the nurses' wages. Nurses that continue to ensure quality end of life care is given during this crisis Could well lose their jobs when it is all over! Go figure! The velvet voiced Linda who has organised the Village warden system has done a sterling job with now two wardens allocated to each street in the village and its environs. A whatsapp group now connects every warden to her in HQ and with each other and every few minutes this morning my phone has beeped urgently  with people co ordinating pharmacy runs and food deliveries . We even have a village warden social app group, where most of the volunteers are...