The Best Day Ever

Sometimes we have one of those days that we know we will always remember.
No doubt about it.
It's life-changing.
You just know it.

My daughter, Kerry, had a day today that she described as "The Best Day Ever."

As a nursing student, she is now in the midst of her clinical rotations.
Since the beginning of this school year, she has spent time in Labor and Delivery.
She saw babies being born.
She witnessed firsthand what a newborn baby's first days are like when born to a drug-addicted mother.
She got to hold newborns, rock them, comfort them.

Then she had the opportunity to witness what it's like in the Psych ward.
She talked at length with a patient who described in great detail the other life
he leads inside his own head.
She got to see psych patients on their good days - and their bad days.
She came to understand how tragic life events can lead to mental illness.
And she saw patients changing over the weeks she was there as medications took effect.

But today topped it all.
She was in the operating room.
She watched a spine surgery to remove a herniated disc.
Since this procedure didn't take very long she got the chance to watch another.

Jackpot!

The next surgery was to remove a brain tumor!
It was amazing to be able to see a real live brain up close
and watch the doctors and nurses work together to remove
the tumor.
Some people might be queasy watching this.
But Kerry was not.

It was the best day of her life - so far.

I'm sure there will be more.
But this one will be hard to top!