Thursday, May 15, 2014

Patience in a Patient

Yesterday I visited a patient who had been waiting probably the length of her stay for a Reiki treatment... she's been in the hospital for a month.  YIKES!  She understood that we are volunteers and we do our best, yet she knew she really needed a boost from a treatment.

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She wanted my card.  She wanted to hang onto me.  She wanted to know that I could be reached again.

In her eyes, was yearning....  She was confused.  She was spent.  Her pain rating wasn't high, no nausea, but her fatigue rating was the highest possible... and I understand how that could be after a month in the hospital.  She was hooked up to 4 different bags when I went to see her so I'm sure she had more during her stay.  She needed strength.  She had tears in her eyes when I came in and she saw that she was going to get her Reiki.  Bless her soul!

Her treatment wasn't spectacularly illuminating.  I reminded her it would be exactly what she needed today.  And I reminded her that her only job was to receive. :)  She did immediately... I had both hands on her head (gloved and robed because she was in ICU).  She received like a champ... she had lots of purples and greens and even a 3D animal at her feet...which looked like an antelope crossed with a snake.  A puma leaping also came across at her right knee.

The most notable part of the treatment to me was feeling her breathing.  Even when I was at her head and her feet, I could feel her breathing in my hands.  I noticed because I was trying to calm down her breathing to match mine.  I use my breath to keep me centered.

When I left, she was sleeping.  She didn't move when I brought my hands together and closed the treatment.  She didn't move when I removed my gloves and robe.  She was basking in the warmth.

Many times I tell patients that I hope I never see them again.  This is something said in love because I don't want to see them in the hospital any more.  For my Patient Patient I truly don't want to see her again.  My intention for her from the beginning was that she regain strength to return home.  Hopefully I did my job. :)

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