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Personal Narrative: My Husband's Death
My husband about six months ago was put in the hospital because of sever back pain he was having and because his calcium levels were really high. That so just happened to be our wedding day. He went to urgent care first and they ran all the test and everything that they could do. The doctor finally came in and said that Brandon needed to go to the hospital and they were going to admit him that day. I told the doctor that this could not be happening because we were supposed to be getting married in a few hours. So I told the nurse at urgent care they should tell the hospital they should get ready for a wedding. Once we got my husband all checked into the hospital, we had the ceremony. The nurses that were there were fantastic. They helped my husband get ready and were so supportive through everything. …show more content…
They kept us updated on everything that was going on and what the next steps to expect were going to be. If my husband was going to have a procedure done the nurse would come in and explain what was going on and what the test was going to do or look for. Every time my husband needed something, they were right there to get it for him or explain to him what was going on. After about two days of being in the hospital they finally released him because they could not figure out what was causing his back pain. They had run every test under the sun and still could not figure out what was going on. The health care system is great, I have not had any bad experiences with any type of health care. I don’t think nurses or hospital staff get enough credit for the things they do on a daily

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