DOMESTIC MEDICINE
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: EMBRACE AWE JOHN’S STORY: ROUTINE MIRACLES JOANNA’S STORY: THE GIFT OF BREATHING DAVID’S STORY: UNTANGLED KNOTS ERIC’S STORY: “I’M OUTTA HERE!” PRAYERS, MEDITATIONS, AND REFLECTIONS CONSTANCY AND WONDER THE UNEXPECTED WHEN THINGS FALL SHORT JOURNALING LIGHTING A CANDLE MARY’S STORY: FINAL BLESSING EVELYN’S STORY: PERSEVERANCE PERSONIFIED RACHEL’S STORY: SOMETIMES IT HURTS REALITY REDEFINED SOMETIMES THINGS DROP INTO YOUR LAP NOT WHAT I WANT, BUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PATIENT EASY EXERCISES FOR WONDER CHAPTER 3: KEEP TRAGEDY IN PERSPECTIVE KATHY’S STORY: HEART TO HEART BRANDON’S STORY: “HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS CAN I TAKE?” NUMBERS AND PATIENTS: KEEPING MY PERSPECTIVE MEDICINAL POWERS COMMITMENT IS A PROCESS, NOT AN EVENT RAYMOND’S STORY: ENTER THIS ROOM AT YOUR OWN RISK LIZ’S STORY: NO TRANSFUSIONS! ANGELS IN DISGUISE BEHIND EVERY DIAGNOSIS, THERE IS A PERSON IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE ALL PERSONS ARE EQUAL IN THE EYES OF HEALTH CARE KEEPING FOCUSED ON THE MAIN THING STAYING CONNECTED CARL’S STORY: MOTHER KNOWS BEST A DOCTOR’S STORY: THE LOSS AND RETURN OF SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-CARE: I AM IN CHARGE OF MY OWN WELL-BEING PEACE OF MIND AM I OBLIGED OR DEDICATED? FIVE SELF-CARE PRACTICES FIVE MINUTES TO SETTLE YOURSELF STRESS RELEASE TECHNIQUE DIANA’S STORY: IT’S JUST NOT RIGHT BRENDA’S STORY: SORROW BEYOND EXPRESSION INTEGRITY PRECEDES ACCOUNTABILITY “IT’S JUST NOT RIGHT!” SAY GOOD-BYE TO SHOULD SUBSTITUTE “WHAT” FOR “WHY” RESILIENCY ONE-A-DAY VITAMINS JASON’S STORY: WHEN BEING ABLE TO WALK MEANS MORE THAN LIFE THOMAS’S STORY: AGONIZING DECISIONS FOR A SUFFERING PATIENT “WHY?” PATIENT CARE PERPLEXITIES JANE’S STORY: A DEVASTATED MOTHER AND FATHER ANTHONY’S STORY: MANNA FROM HEAVEN DEATH: THE FINAL LIMIT OR THE NEXT PHASE? SOMETIMES, COMFORT IS THE PATH TO FOLLOW ELLEN AND GLENN’S STORY: FROM ERRANDS TO EMERGENCY HUMILITY TRUMPS PRIDE IS THERE A BALM FOR A WOUNDED HEART? EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED HEALING RITUALS FOR THE GRIEVER CHAPTER 9: SHOW COMPASSION PETE’S STORY: “I AM NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE!” SUFFERING: THE SIXTH VITAL SIGN DAN’S STORY: A PEACEFUL ENDING COMING TO TERMS WITH DEATH: A THRESHOLD FOR HEALERS AND PATIENTS ALIKE BECKY’S STORY: SHATTERED DREAMS SOURCES OF RESILIENCY ON AWAKENING: NO DAY IS TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED, CERTAINLY NOT TODAY FOR THE GIFT OF THE UNEXPECTED: THE DISBELIEVER’S PRAYER A PRAYER FOR HEALING DEATH: ENEMY OR FRIEND? CHAPTER 10: REDISCOVER YOUR PASSION, PURPOSE, RESILIENCY PASSION AS ENERGY RANDY’S STORY: KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE SELF-CARE WANDA’S STORY: THE POWER OF BEING A COMPANION PATIENTS AS RECHARGERS A GRANDMOTHER’S STORY: ADDING TO THE FAMILY YOUR TEAM: ENERGIZING OR EXHAUSTING? AMY’S STORY: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE THE ORGANIZATION AS BIOSPHERE CLAUDIA’S STORY: BEARING ONE ANOTHER’S SORROW FEAR AND ANXIETY WALLY’S STORY: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? COURAGE: A KEY TO RESILIENCY SIMON’S STORY: COURAGE UNDER PRESSURE PERSEVERANCE: RESILIENCE GETS YOU UP WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN KEN’S STORY: A “HOT” APPENDIX PURPOSE: STAYING THE COURSE VINCENT’S STORY: THERE ARE MANY ROADS TO ROME WHEN THE FLAME FLICKERS IN AWE OF RESILIENCE PASSION CARE: A REFLECTION PURPOSE IS A MULTIFACETED JEWEL GRANT AND TED’S STORY: AT THE END OF BEING ON CALL IN THE HOSPITAL PRAISE THE HOUSEKEEPERS: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE EVERYONE MATTERS: NOTHING LIKE A POWER OUTAGE TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE! A WAKE-UP CALL CONFIDENCE COUNTS WITHOUT MY HELP, SOMETIMES THINGS FALL INTO PLACE A PRAYER OF HUMBLE THANKSGIVING HUMILITY’S HELPING HAND STANDING IN HUMILITY’S SACRED PRESENCE MEDITATION STARTERS FOR HUMILITY REFLECTIONS OF MYSELF THE HEALTH FOUND IN HUMILITY HUMILITY AND JOY A BRAGGER’S CONFESSION IN SEARCH OF SELF-FORGIVENESS RON’S STORY: GRATITUDE WHEN EFFORTS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL ENCOURAGEMENT: THE POWER OF APPRECIATION GIVING THANKS: THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE HUMOR: LAUGHTER AS A HEALING POWER CHARLEY’S STORY: WHEN DRESS CODES ARE SECONDARY TO PATIENT CARE COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS ENCOURAGEMENT’S LIFE-GIVING WATER IN PRAISE OF HUMOR