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EARNING HER WINGS
At the end of her shift, Lois, a surgical and intensive care nurse for thirty years, was eager to go home to a hot bath and a novel. As she pulled out of the hospital parking lot, she saw the nearby ambulance station and felt an unexplainable urge to stop and greet the paramedics, most of whom she had worked with in the past as an EMT. The closer she got, the stronger she felt compelled to stop.
She had barely entered the building and greeted her friends when the phone rang. “There’s been an accident of two cars,” the head nurse said. “We’re understaffed today and could sure use your experience, Lois. Will you come with us?”
Instinctively, she climbed into one of the ambulances. As a bright yellow sunset hung over the
Lois suspected a brain concussion, but kept her thoughts to herself. Hoping to comfort the woman, she said, “Looks like you’re going to be fine, but just to be on the safe side, we’ll take you to the hospital.”
The woman continued to stare at Lois, silently, as if her eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.
The injured man was loaded into an ambulance that sped away and the nurses placed the woman into a second ambulance. En route to the hospital, Lois held the patient’s hands and comforted her with assurances that everything was going to be fine.
The following morning when Lois reported for duty, she discovered that the woman accident victim was a patient on her floor. After checking her chart, Lois was relieved to see she was well enough to be discharged.
She entered the room and introduced herself. “I’m Lois, your nurse. How are you feeling?”
The patient blinked her eyes and her face turned white. “Are you real or am I hallucinating?”
“Oh, I’m real, I assure you.” Lois gently held the woman’s hand and checked her pulse.
“A...are you sure you’re not a…an angel?”
Lois smiled and attached the blood pressure cuff. “Nurses are often referred to as angels of mercy.”
Her patient continued to stare at Lois and whispered, “I mean a real angel.”
Lois raised her eyebrows. “A pair of wings would be handy, but, believe me, I’m just as human as you are.”
The woman shook her head. “Last night I was in a car accident and thought I might die. The sun was slipping behind the mountains when suddenly an angel appeared in a halo of light. When she touched me, I felt a surge of love and knew God sent her to reassure me that I’d live.” She clasped Lois’ hands. “You look and sound exactly like her except you don’t have wings!”
【日積月累】
◇intensive care n. 重病特別護(hù)理
◇sirens n. 警笛，汽笛
◇brain concussion 腦震蕩
◇hallucinate v. 出現(xiàn)幻覺(jué)，使產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué)
cuff n. 袖口，護(hù)腕
halo n.（日月周圍的）暈輪，光環(huán)
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她贏得了翅膀
路易斯擔(dān)任手術(shù)和重癥特別看護(hù)已經(jīng)30年了。一天，快下班的時(shí)候，她只想回家泡個(gè)熱水澡，看看小說(shuō)。當(dāng)她把車開出醫(yī)院停車場(chǎng)時(shí)，她看見(jiàn)了附近的救護(hù)車站，突然感到一股莫名的急迫感，讓她停下車去跟護(hù)理人員打招呼。里面絕大多數(shù)人員在她當(dāng)緊急救護(hù)技術(shù)員的時(shí)候一起同事過(guò)。她走的越近，那股要她停下來(lái)的迫切感就變得越強(qiáng)烈。
當(dāng)她正要走進(jìn)大樓和她的同事打照面時(shí)，她的手機(jī)響了。護(hù)理長(zhǎng)說(shuō)：“出了車禍，兩車相撞。今天我們?nèi)耸植粔�，而你又有很豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，路易斯。你能過(guò)來(lái)幫我們一把嗎？”
她本能地上了一輛救護(hù)車。當(dāng)時(shí)緋紅色的太陽(yáng)正落到落基山那頭，路易斯感到一股發(fā)自內(nèi)心的動(dòng)力要她出手相助。警笛一路響著，他們很快就到了事發(fā)地點(diǎn)。護(hù)士們照料著一輛車?yán)锸軅囊幻惺浚芬姿箘t去查看另一輛車?yán)锏呐渴欠裼猩E象。那位女士身上沒(méi)有血跡，也沒(méi)有可見(jiàn)的傷口。但是她一言不發(fā)，兩眼空洞地看著路易斯。
路易斯懷疑她可能傷成了腦震蕩，但是沒(méi)說(shuō)出來(lái)。為了安慰她，路易斯說(shuō)：“你看上去沒(méi)事，不過(guò)為了安全起見(jiàn)，我們還是會(huì)帶你去醫(yī)院。”
女人依舊不做聲，繼續(xù)盯著路易斯，雙眼仿佛就要從眼眶里迸出來(lái)了。
那位男傷者被抬進(jìn)一輛救護(hù)車，火速送進(jìn)了醫(yī)院。護(hù)理人員把這位女士抬進(jìn)了另一輛救護(hù)車。在前往醫(yī)院的路上，路易斯一直握著她的手，安慰她說(shuō)不會(huì)有事。
第二天早上，路易斯來(lái)報(bào)到上班時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)那位出車禍的女人就在她負(fù)責(zé)的那層樓。查看過(guò)她的情況記錄后，路易斯發(fā)現(xiàn)她沒(méi)大礙，可以出院了，為此松了一口氣。
她走進(jìn)她的病房，自我介紹說(shuō)：“我叫路易斯，是你的護(hù)士。感覺(jué)怎么樣？”
病人眨眨她的眼睛，臉一下子變白了：“你是真實(shí)的嗎？還是我產(chǎn)生幻覺(jué)了？”
路易斯輕輕地握著她的手，檢查她的脈搏：“噢，我是真實(shí)的，我保證。”
“你……確定你不是天使嗎？”
路易斯笑了，把血壓測(cè)量?jī)x摘了下來(lái)。“護(hù)士常常被稱作愛(ài)心天使。”
她的病人繼續(xù)看著她，嘀咕道：“我說(shuō)的是真正的天使。”
路易斯的眉毛揚(yáng)了起來(lái)：“有對(duì)翅膀會(huì)很方便，不過(guò)，相信我，我和你一樣就是個(gè)凡人。”
女病人搖了搖頭。“昨晚我遭遇了一起車禍，我以為我會(huì)死掉。當(dāng)時(shí)太陽(yáng)正從山的那頭滑下去，突然一位天使在一個(gè)光環(huán)里出現(xiàn)了。當(dāng)她觸摸到我時(shí)，我突然感到一股愛(ài)的力量，知道上帝派她過(guò)來(lái)告訴我我還活著。”她抓緊路易斯的手：“除了沒(méi)有翅膀外，你和那位天使長(zhǎng)得一模一樣。”
【人生啟迪】
每一個(gè)熱心幫助他人的人都是墜落在人間插著隱形翅膀的天使。所以不要放過(guò)每次能力所能及幫助別人的機(jī)會(huì)。那個(gè)時(shí)候你就是他們眼中的天使。
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