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- W4385622081 abstract "Narrative Matters Health AffairsVol. 42, No. 8: Prescription Drugs, Hospitals & More AfterSue Kenney AffiliationsSue Kenney ([email protected]) holds Certification of Professional Achievement in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. She teaches English and social studies at a high school in New Jersey. To access the author’s disclosures, click on the Details tab of the article online.PUBLISHED:August 2023Free Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00412AboutSectionsView articleSupplemental MaterialView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsDownload Exhibits View articleTOPICSEnd of life careOlder adultsCaregiversAfter they returned to their childlike state, after the doctors’ appointments, the taking of keys, the paying of bills, the grocery shopping and the preparation of single-serve meals, after the careful monitoring of medications; after the showering of their bodies, the wiping of their private parts with a warm, wet washcloth, after the changing of their Depends; after the guilt and sorrow of paying a stranger to stay with them in the home they had lived in for more than 60 years, after the hospital beds were brought into their living room, first one, then the other, after I lay in their beds with them, holding their hands, telling stories, singing songs, and reciting prayers and nursery rhymes; I watched each of them inhale for the last time and never exhale.And then it was over, less than 3 months apart.After the stunning silence, the stifled phone, the empty rooms; after carrying sobbing armloads of their belongings to a rented dumpster in their driveway, after the business end of death had been signed and squared, I walked. First through sleepy suburbs with lime-green lawns and blue atlas cedars, then on forest trails that led me deeper into the heart of things. I felt the earthy scents of dampness, pine, and moss infiltrate my senses. I noticed rods of sunlight filtering through dense, leafy canopies; spiderwebs glistening, diamond-like, after a rain; upturned tree trunks, roots exposed, clinging to clods of dirt and rocks; wild geese sliding silently into a lake; the sound of water laughing as it skipped and bubbled over rocks. And somehow, somehow, it was good. It still is. Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Supplemental Materials Article Metrics History Published online 7 August 2023 Information© 2023 Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.PDF download" @default.
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