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Old 07-14-2010, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by scott snedeker View Post
So my next patient 22 years old present with weakness, fever diarrhea, and swollen glands. I dread asking the questions that I must.

" You have AIDS" I report to this........ child

He sobs and my heart breaks again. "I hate this job!!!"


So I go through the routine.

So I call the hospital chaplain, Reverend Serafin. Sounds like a name out of a novel but that is indeed her real name.

She does her best.... and I am grateful, because I don't have what it takes to give what this child needs today.
Wow Scotty what a wonderful and heartbreaking testimony. Clearly you do have what it takes and that's a deep felt compassion, that this child could experience. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. These kinds of moments are transformational, for all concerned. Kara
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