"I spent 20 years in hospital nursing, 10 of it in ICU. "
I had a friend who was a nurse administrator in the oncology ward. She definitely believes in a higher power. She witnessed or was privy to a number of episodes that could not be explained any other way.
In one case, a nurse friend was summoned by a panel light to an empty room, a room occupied a few hours before by a middle aged woman who had died a very painful cancer death. When the nurse got there, she heard a voice thanking her for her kindness.
I was one of those nurses with a 6th sense for trouble.
The number of times I walked out of report and knew immediately that I had to check on someone even though it was out of sync with my organizational routine were to many to count.
I'm not going to say, I saved their lives because nothing like that is ever a singular moment. But I arrived at a pivotal moment where there was still the opportunity to make the difference between life and death.
It was just a sense that I needed to be with someone.