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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
Long After They Have Gone
I think it is fair to say that after someone dies, we look for signs that they are still out there watching over us, or simply paying us ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 22, 2020
- 3 min
Eleven Rocks Walk
Every Friday I see a patient for wound care, he is not actively dying but he is declining and being in his 90’s I think that would be exp...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
"This IS me trying"
I was sitting at the bedside with the wife of a man who was nearing the end of his life. This is not unusual for me, as it is my professi...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Last Time
As I was driving away from my visit with my granddaughters recently, I thought to myself, “what if this is the last time I see them”, whi...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jul 4, 2020
- 5 min
The Last Word
About a year or two ago I wrote a letter to my family letting them know what I want when I die. I did this because I work in hospice and ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
The Widow, the Owl and the Hospice Nurse
I spent many hours at the bedside with a man who had been under our care for quite some time, and who was dying… a long and tedious death...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jun 19, 2020
- 6 min
The Grief Club
Every morning for the past six months I have kept in contact with a woman who lost her husband. The day after he died, I sent a red heart...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Jun 6, 2020
- 5 min
Visions, Voices and Visitors
I have seen the look of panic when a family member tells me their loved one is seeing people in their room and having conversations with ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- May 29, 2020
- 4 min
The very best last goodbye
I walked into the apartment having absolutely no idea what I was going to be presented with, or what my role was to be. There was disconn...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- May 23, 2020
- 4 min
What will tomorrow bring?
Every morning I wake up with this feeling that things will be back to normal and the Virus will no longer hold space in our lives, as tho...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- May 16, 2020
- 4 min
Our song will never cease.
Being a hospice nurse during a time when our world is trying desperately to navigate the COVID virus has not been easy, to say the least....
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Can you see my smile behind this mask?
I was visiting a patient recently who lived in a facility where there were multiple COVID-positive residents. I walked down the long hallw...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Flower Petals
Many years ago, I worked in a hospice house; there were ten beds, which were almost always occupied. Some days, there was a patient alrea...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Apr 25, 2020
- 5 min
I don't miss traffic... but I do miss YOU!
I have been doing some serious reflecting. I feel a little like a seesaw in that some days I am up... and some days I am down. I know man...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Apr 18, 2020
- 4 min
Safely Distanced Hugs
I cry a lot lately. I always have but the tears I have been letting loose more recently are due to the myriad of emotions this virus has ...
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Gabrielle Elise Jimenez
- Apr 10, 2020
- 3 min
Liquid Love
As a hospice nurse, part of the comfort I provide for both patients and their families, is a long lingering hug that says, “I got you, I ...
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