Dear Cancer Patient-Thank You
Dear Cancer Patient,
Thank you. Thank you for teaching me about living. Truly living. Thank you for teaching me what it means to look forward even when a storm is chasing you from behind.
Thank you for showing me what it means to “fight like hell” as the ABC Family show “Chasing Life” says. Thank you for showing me what sweet surrender means. Just thank you.
The reason I do what I do is because of each of you. Because your thank yous, your hugs, because of your fight and your stories, because of who you challenge me to become. You challenge me to be a better person and a better nurse.
I choose to do my job. I choose to fight with you. I choose to be quiet with you. I choose my job every day because of you.
So I’ll walk beside you and let’s continue to do this. Let’s fight like mad until we can do a sweet victory dance. Let’s fight like made until its time to surrender. Let’s fight.
Thank you for making my job worth it.
Sincerely,
One of your cancer nurses